Salesforce and Netsuite both have a web services API. I am trying to gauge impacts involved with switching from a system that uses ODBC to a cloud based system. If a web service is faster and/or more reliable than ODBC, then that helps me to make a case for the cloud.
John M Bliss wrote: > I'm still not sure I understand but, ignoring that for a sec, have you > determined that salesforce.com / netsuite offer API's that'd allow you to > "touch" their systems via WSDL and ODBC? If so, I'd ask salesforce.com / > netsuite which is faster. > > Typically, WSDL / webservices are good for touching "cloud systems." > > Typically (at least, in my experience), ODBC is not available for touching > "cloud systems." That is, "cloud systems" don't allow you to touch them via > ODBC. But I suppose it's possible...? > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Billy Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> It would be in the context of syncing a local app server with a cloud >> system like salesforce.com or netsuite. >> >> >> John M Bliss wrote: >> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Services_Description_Language versus >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity ? In what >>> >> context >> >>> are you comparing those two? >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Billy Cox <[email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Has anyone here had a chance to evaluate system performance and >>>> reliability of WSDL versus ODBC? >>>> >>>> -Billy Cox >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325804 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
