RDS also allows browsing and editing of the server's local file system. I also think it was part of <= CF5 debugging.
For databases, it allowed one to view tables, sprocs, views via whatever datasources you had in CF. Handy if the db server wasn't exposed on the internet any other way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Re: Cracking the RDS protocol? > > Yes, people still use RDS. DWMX doesn't talk to CFMX through web > > services - > > to use a lot of the functionality of DWMX with CF, like the recordset > > builder, I'm pretty sure you need to use RDS. > > > Is building queries the only thing people use RDS for or is there other > things as well? Why would one use RDS as opposed to an interface > provided by their RDBMS? Just curious as I really don't know since I > don't use RDS. I tried making use of it in Studio a long time ago and > found it lacking. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.MontaraSoftware.com > (888) 408-0900 x901 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
