Re: [DUG]: Can D5 Pro handle it?

[Mark Howard]

Thanks Pat and Nello Couple of questions: Is it really as simple as Pat suggests, or are there fish-hooks in there that I need to know about? Is Interbase inherently more reliable than Paradox? Can I do this with D5 Pro - or do I need to buy some add-ons? The client already uses MS SQL server for other applications, how much bigger a job is it to convert to that? Thanks Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Sheehan To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Can D5 Pro handle it? Sounds like a perfect application for Interbase 6. Just duplicate your data requirements in an Interbase database and substitute your TTables and TQueries with the IBX  equivalent, arrange your security and backup and you will increase your scalability ( and everything else ) at minimal cost. Patrick Sheehan   ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Howard To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:57 AM Subject: [DUG]: Can D5 Pro handle it? Hello   I have a nation-wide client.  They are using my app at 3 sites.   They now want to centralise things and have these 3 sites plus 1 other accessing a central database for data entry and a further 4 sites for occasional queries.   We are talking about 2200 transactions per month possibly rising to say 4000 over the next 3 years. The database is about 10Mbytes.    I have the system working elsewhere on LANs with up to 5 users with no problems.   My questions are:   Is there any reason that Paradox would not continue to handle things? Is there any reason that the existing application architecture would not work? or would I need to convert to Client/Server? I believe that the client has Winframe - but would there be any advantages to using Asta to provide Internet based access to the database?   Any input would be greatly appreciated.   Mark