[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for all your frank responses;
Putting the cross platform issue aside, what I was envisioning was something like i have done before with VB where you have the front end query the database on the fly, but this would limit the use of this only if you are connected wirelessly.. unless you download the database and upload the database via the PC which would still have to have a connection to the dbase server.
Let's say in the App you would only have to enter the info of widgets as they come in and send this info to the server and get the inventory number back as real time as possible, is this just too complicated and would take more than 4 weeks? Then my question would be what kind of Apps are people writing out there for PDAs to make them useful for real time data application? I had thought that PDA had evolved more than what they actually have..
Two comments:
1. How many time did you take since the first time you saw VB and SQL to the point where you could easily create the application you want in a few weeks? Palm OS is a whole new world, you'll have to learn everything from (almost) zero.
2. There is no support for relational databases in Palm OS. There is no SQL. The simply act of getting data from your SQL server will require considerable efforts. Unless you manage to find a SQL library for PalmOS. I heard of one that works with MySQl, but I don't know about other DB servers.
I don't think it's impossible to accomplish what you're asked to, but it will be very hard.
Best regards, Luciano
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