1. Yes - just setup dbman with the correct fields in default.db to match your existing database.
2. Easy. The default search is by specific field(s). Just modify your html.pl to make the templates display the options you want available.
Alphabetical is also built in. For example:
/db.cgi?db=default&view_records=1&Title=^A&re=on&sb=2&so=ascend
will show records with a Title starting with A in ascending order.
The three best resources are
http://webmagic.hypermart.net/dbman/
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/resources/DBMan/
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/
2. Easy. The default search is by specific field(s). Just modify your html.pl to make the templates display the options you want available.
Alphabetical is also built in. For example:
/db.cgi?db=default&view_records=1&Title=^A&re=on&sb=2&so=ascend
will show records with a Title starting with A in ascending order.
The three best resources are
http://webmagic.hypermart.net/dbman/
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/resources/DBMan/
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/