RE: [DUG]: How thin the client will be?

[Yanbo Li]

Thanks Nic, dbOverNet licence sounds much cheaper than Midia.
I will contact with them.
I've already developed a Midas prototype. But the licence is too
expensive, we have to get rid of it.

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                Sent:   Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:23 AM
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                Subject:        Re: [DUG]: How thin the client will be?

                have you thought about using dbOverNet?
www.dbovernet.com - same idea as MIDAS (which, IMO, is your best option,
tho it IS expensive), but I'm guessing their cost structure is a little
different :)
                N
                Yanbo Li wrote:
                        > 
                        > Thanks, Your information is very helpful.
                        > 
                        > Cheers
                        > Yanbo
                        > 
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                        >                 Subject:      RE: [DUG]: How
thin the client will be?
                        > 
                        >                 IB Objects and FIB components
rep[lace the BDE for
                        > Interbase but you still
                        >                 need the IB Client.
                        > 
                        >                 DCOM is not necessarily
Windows only... but if you can
                        > find anyone who nows
                        >                 how to get DCOM for Mac or
DCOM or Solaris working then
                        > you are doing well.
                        >                 It's hard enough to get it
going on NT!
                        > 
                        >                 You could use JBuilder and
Corba for the server end
                        > too...
                        > 
                        >                 Peter Harrison IT
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                        > 14:45:54
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                        >                 Subject:      RE: [DUG]:  How
thin the client will be?
                        > 
                        >                 Using standard Delphi the
TQuery requires the BDE to be
                        > installed, along
                        >                 with the database client of
choice.  You don't mention
                        > the database
                        >                 type, so lets assume we are
talking Interbase.  You will
                        > need to install
                        >                 the Interbase Client on the
client machines, the BDE,
                        > and your
                        >                 application.
                        > 
                        >                 This is not 'thin' client in
the least.
                        > 
                        >                 If you want to use Interbase
you havn't got much choice
                        > about any of
                        >                 this, except that you might go
with a product which
                        > replaces the BDE
                        >                 with a driver specifically for
Interbase eliminating the
                        > need for the
                        >                 BDE (do these exist?)
                        > 
                        >                 If you want to go with File
Based Databases, such as
                        > dBASE, you can
                        >                 probably eliminate the
database client and bde, and have
                        > a single app,
                        >                 and perhaps a DLL or two.
'Apollo' is an example
                        > product for this
                        >                 approach.
                        > 
                        >                 Besides the n tier stuff there
isn't much alternative.
                        > You could always
                        >                 start writing DCOM interfaces
- conceivable by really
                        > ugly - and Windows
                        >                 dependant.
                        > 
                        >                 Good luck...
                        > 
                        >                 -----Original Message-----
                        >                 From: Yanbo Li
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                        >                 Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
1:10 PM
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                        >                 Subject:      [DUG]: How thin
the client will be?
                        > 
                        >                 Many thanks in advance.
                        >                 I need to know how thin the
application will be  if I
                        > only use TQuery
                        >                 and TDatabase to connect to
remote server. If the app is
                        > still very fat,
                        >                 I have to manage  to write my
own driver which I am not
                        > found of. Please
                        >                 do not suggest me to use
TClientDataSet and 3tier
                        > technology.
                        > 
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