On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.prasad at jpmorgan.com> wrote: > You technically can connect to databases from JavaScript. It is a terrible idea, but achievable. Not really sure how it would get "compiled" into JavaScript, so it is possible that is the stumbling block. > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/857670/how-to-connect-to-sql-server-database-from-javascript > Strongly recommend against this. I haven't confirmed, but by the look of it the code there is IE-only and MS SQL Server only. Also, remote database access is a major security concern. I would recommend keeping it all on the server (more efficient that way, too). ChrisA