FDS is meant to integrate with an app server, it is not a server on its own. So yes, you do need an app server still to do this work. A database server wouldn't be required though, you can certainly write an FDS adapter that would manipulate the XML file on disk.
Matt ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of iko_knyphausen Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] FDS beginner question Actually a question before I begin with FDS - have just read some high-level intro till now: Is it possible to use FDS without an application server such as CF, IIS (ASP.NET), etc. ? Imagine the following use case: For data you just have/need a structured XML file which multiple people can access & update simultaneously. You may not need a DB server. Would you still need an AppServer to do the physical updates of the XML file or can FDS do this directly? Thanks
