Mark
Post my first message I read this one and..
"Tend to use the TTables for filtering, lookups"
This is exactly the type of logic that doesn't port well, filtering
restricts the dataset on the client side so
in a 10,000 record table you might filter it to a 100, in a client server
environment you would be doing 99,900 too
many row fetches! C/S you would use a where clause to fetch 100 records,
this leads to a change in the way
the program works!. lookups are similarly flawed you can scroll quickly thru
a local table but not a remote one, you
can use client side datasets (like ado) but everytime you open the table you
fetch every record,
this does not scale or perform well!
HTH
Neven
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Nello Sestini
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Can D5 Pro handle it?
Is it really as simple as Pat suggests, or are there fish-hooks in there
that I need to know about?
i think it depends on how your app is organised. it CAN be almost
mindless for the
"right" sort of app.
Is Interbase inherently more reliable than Paradox?
emphatic yes
Can I do this with D5 Pro - or do I need to buy some add-ons?
take a look at Interbase Objects components. (IBO not IBX).
IMO they're well thought out. They also share class hierarchy with BDE
DB-aware
components. At one time (perhaps still - i haven't looked in a while)
IBX
wasn't like this and converting as a lot more trouble because of it.
The licencing on them is also interesting - "Trustware". You pay for
them if you use them to make a profit.
http://www.ibobjects.com
The client already uses MS SQL server for other applications, how much
bigger a job is it to convert to that?
others on the list here are more active with MSSQL than I am so i'll
defer.
given the price of IB6 and the quality of the IBO components I'd still
give IB a look though.
-ns
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