I am looking at putting together a product defn now for a distrubuted
application of this type.
Surprisely, (given that 3 tier apps make a lot of sense), there does not
seem to be many (any?) cheap, easy, off the shelf solutions.
I am currently leaning towards Midware -
"MidWare is a middleware component suite made to build multi-tiers
client/server applications. A few components and a few mouse clicks and your
client/server application is done. MidWare do NOT requireDelphi
client/server. Any 32 bit Delphi and BCB versions will be good, including
standard version. The archive contains the full source code. Last update:
October 3, 1999."
See: http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette/indexuk.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2000 00:32
> To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic
> Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Architecture advice please...
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm in the process of writing an app that needs internet
> connectivity to
> download updates for local databases and upload small amounts
> of data to a
> central database. The program needs to be useable off-line,
> so web based
> solutions seem to be out. The remote end is likely to be SQL
> Server, if
> that makes a difference. There are also likely to be many
> (thousands of)
> users.
>
> What it looks like to me is that perhaps Midas or dbOvernet
> or similar is
> what I need. The problem I have is that client/server stuff
> of this nature
> is new to me, and I'm trying to decide on the appropriate
> hammer to crack
> this peanut with.
>
> I could of course write my own IP solution wrapped around a
> fairly standard
> protocol, but I don't want to get in the way of other
> services running on
> the server (e.g. SMTP/POP3). Maintenance wise, this sounds
> like a bad idea
> to me, but would be devoid of licensing cost and probably
> quite efficient.
> I'm also very cynical about the quality of 3rd party libraries, having
> spent too much time debugging them in the past, so would at
> least get to
> create my own bugs.
>
> I imagine many of you have dealt with systems of this nature
> before, and
> any views/comments/sarcasm would be greatfully received.
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
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