Then you will have to embed a server in your clients. I would just poll the web service at regular intervals.
BTW, what about a simple RSS feed? Ben On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 16:54, Jim Collins wrote: > 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. > > -- Benjamin Tomasini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NetEverything, LLC
