I would urge anyone considering your toolset (which do look very nice, but I haven't really looked into them) to consider your sync server approach over direct JDBC connections.
I can't speak to the quality of your efforts -- but from your stated feature set, I think it fills a major need, and I wish you and your customers every success with it. Buffering, replication and related facilities are the best approaches to handling the unreliable and high- latency connections to mobile devices. (Perhaps sometime I will get around to playing with your stuff and will be able to give a less-reserved endorsement! :=) In Dan's defense, however, I don't think having the ability to do JDBC is the same as saying there is a remote DB paradigm for the platform. It is seldom done, because of the drawbacks of doing DB access at such a low level over low-quality connections. Dan's point is that a 3-tier/ n-tier approach is generally superior -- either specific to your app, or via a general package such as you provide. The issues aren't only regarding the connection -- there are also issues of access control, and abstraction from the underlying DB representation, that make a 3-tier solution generally superior. On Aug 29, 12:53 pm, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > DanH is incorrect in his assertion that "There is no remote DB > paradigm in Android." > > The Android framework supports full standard database JDBC > connectivity to databases such as Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL. > > A direct connection to a remote database is perfectly secure, usable > and technically possible particularly if the Android device is > connecting via a secure wi-fi network or a GPRS/3G network where the > SIM is part of a private APN. > > Android also supports many technical solutions to supporting offline > connectivity that does not just involve REST and web services. > > Our MobiForms Developer rapid application development tool for example > supports the creation of apps that can directly connect to a multitude > of back office databases via JDBC. > > The complementary MobiForms Sync Server also supports bi-directional > data replication, synchronisation and offline buffering between just > about any back office database or ERP package (such as Oracle Apps, > SAP, Navision, Dynamics etc.), and Google Android or others such as > Windows Mobile. Supported back office databases include Oracle, SQL > Server, Access, Sybase, IBM DB2, SQLite, HSQLDB and MySQL. > > For more information have a look athttp://www.mobiforms.com. > > > > vineeshkc wrote: > > pls give me remote db connection code -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
