Hi Ian, Thanks for the feedback. Sending emails to clients does not seem a particularly elegant solution :). At the moment the client applications display the data in a table. A user can make a change to this and hit a submit button, when this happens the server is notified and then sends a message to all clients that have subscribed to these messages and they then update the table to reflect the change.
I would like to move away from the messaging system and if possible use a Web Service. Regards Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: OT Problem Domain question > > > Seems like a web service would be overkill for this sort of thing. > > What I would do is provide a server-side process that generates and > distributes the e-mail (perl works quite nicely), then call this process > whenever the datafeed changes. > > > HTH, > Ian > > Ian D. Stewart > Open Systems Engineer II > Enterprise Midrange - Bank One Infrastructure & Operations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (614) 213-6100 > > > > > "Jim Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/18/2003 03:26:08 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > > Subject: OT Problem Domain question > > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if Web Services would be applicable for the following > problem. > > I have a number of clients that receive an XML datafeed. This datafeed can > change due to various circumstances and I would like all the clients to be > notified of any change. Would it be possible for a Web Service to notify > all > clients of a change or would the clients need to continually poll the Web > Service for any changes. > > Regards > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. >
