Jeremy,
If you get IB 6 you won't need to worry about the licensing issue. It's
free.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 11:09
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
>
>
> Hi all.
> We have a situation here where we have an NT service and a normal DB
> Application that both use Interbase.
> The problem we have is that the NT Service chews up an IB lic. when it
is
> in use...i.e. all the time.
> this then means we would have to get an extra client lic. which is not
> really all that great for the client, since its not really their problem,
> and we dont want to carry the cost of an IB LIC every time we sell our
> product.
>
> SO, the solution as I see it is this, that we develop an app. that acts
as
> a data-broker.
> This would obviously cause SOME issues for us, but would solve the
problem
> as I see it.
>
> The question I am wanting an answer to is, we dont have Midas which
would
> be the way to go I think, SO I have been thinking along the lines of using
a
> DCOM server to do the data-brokerage for the NT service and the DB
> application.
> This would be fine for the NT service, but it causes a number of issues
> for the DB Application, i.e. we use tables and querys etc.
> Would we best to buy Midas.....or rather we need to get another delphi
> anyway so we sould look at getting the version of delphi that has Midas.
>
> Can anyone comment on the above ?
> Am I going down the wrong path ?
> Will midas help us with the problem of needing to use tables datasets
and
> storedproc componetns etc. ??
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy Coulter (Software Development Team Leader)
> Triton Commercial Systems
> 6A Burdale Street
> Riccarton
> Christchurch
> ( +64 3 3483973 Fax +64 3 3431613
> http://www.tritoncomsys.com
>
>
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