Databases

At the heart of the WebHare system, lays a multithreaded transactional database that stores all data entered into the system. This includes user accounts, folders, files, groups, webserver configuration and object metadata. WebHare's database is completely separated from the underlying operating system. It does not automatically require its users to be valid users for the system it runs on (although doing so is an option if you decide to use WebHare's single sign-on feature).

When publishing documents, this data is extracted again using the HareScript® language. Simple SQL statements will generate a sitemap or display additional metadata, such as a document's owner or last modification date.

WebHare can also communicate with other database systems. For example, WebHare directly supports the Oracle database (through the Oracle Call Interface OCI), Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and many additional databases through ODBC.