----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Aish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 5:51 PM
Subject: [DUG]: Lan base vs WAN/Web based Databases
> I have a customer based in the US who wants a database which to start with
> will be LAN based. 18 months from now he wants to make it a web based app
> so that reps can access it from anywhere in the US.
>
> Is there any point in designing the LAN based version and then porting it
to
> web based or is it a major shift?
If by 'web based' you mean 'browser based', then it's quite a shift in GUI,
but the database logic should remain basically the same.
As someone else suggested though, why not make it XML (or some other handy
encoding) and sell them a client application too :)
> The reason I ask this is that in order to set up a web based app we need
to
> invest lots of money and upgrade to Delphi 6 Enterprise (I currently use
> Delphi 5 Professional). This means that the customer will also be
investing
> a lot more money up front in order to make purchasing Enterprise
affordable
> for us and the project worth doing.
Just my NZ$0.02, but if you're going with standard browser stuff then get
hold of a reasonably good CGI component set (we use CGIExpert) and see how
hard you find writing through that. If you like it, then no reason at all
to upgrade to Enterprise... which either means more profit for you or lower
cost for the customer.
Even if that doesn't pan out, there are still plenty of other options aside
from spending megabucks on Enterprise.
--
Corey Murtagh
The Electric Monk
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
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