Cord Schneider wrote: > Hi Rich, > >>> At the time when the author had made that announcement, I recall > [..] >>> web based applications from within the Delphi environment without a >>> steep learning curve >> >> Looking at their web site http://www.deltasoft.hr/rtc/index.htm I >> don't see any particular advantage over the free Indy components. >> Have you used the Indys in D7? I found those very easy to use. Why >> would RTC be a better choice than Indy? > > Because Indy doesn't easily do what Robert was originally intending. > Indy is a fantastic component suite for developing low(er) level TCP/UDP > projects - writing HTML servers, peer-to-peer clients, etc. - whereas > Robert was looking for a way to use Delphi to serve his webpages. His > solution would most likely lie in writing an ISAPI extension. > > For comparison, RTC's nearest competitors would be Atozed Software's > IntraWeb, RemObjects Software's RemObjects SDK and > Components4Developers' kbmMW. There may be others but I'm not currently > aware of them and I welcome comment from other readers. Of those > mentioned, RTC would most likely be the easiest to learn and would give > Robert the best mileage - especially when combined with something like > Zeos Database Objects for the MySQL access. > > An alternative to RTC would be the opensource project DelphiWebScript. > But, this would require Robert to develop his ISAPI extension using > Delphi's own built-in TWebModule. This approach has a steeper learning > curve and is a nuisance to debug. RTC side-steps the debug issue by > allowing one to create and debug one's code first as a webserver before > converting it into a true ISAPI extension. > > Another issue for Robert to consider is that some ISPs won't allow you > to place your own ISAPI extensions on their servers. It will depend on > his hosting agreement with his ISP and he should check this before > embarking on any development. > > Frankly though, based on his initial posted requirements, Robert should > consider using the best tool for the job: PHP (he could use ASP but I'm > afraid I'm not an MS pundit). Essentially all Robert wants is to serve > several pages - some of which will have data retrieved from and sent to > a MySQL database. PHP does this very well. > > My 5c worth, > Cord
Nicely stated. But if you would like to contribute another 5c worth, I still don't quite see how PHP is of such high value. I've studied some PHP tutorials, and seen only some examples for people who don't program. Do you have a reference URL for PHP with a MySQL database? A couple examples would be very useful. Thanks, Rich _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
