Place Names

This page demonstrates the sort of performance you can expect from a CGI database dealing with a large number of records. This database is a file of over 27,000 places in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the file is not indexed, and the CGI program we are using has not been optimised in any way for this application.

Search for PLACE NAME:

Or put in your POSTCODE:

In practice, for a large database or one which needs to support a large number of transactions, an application server would be used, e.g. an SQL Server running alongside the web server, rather than a CGI application.