Why not just provide this via a browser? This is what we did when our clients turned up the day after they had lined up until midnight to buy their latest wonder toy at midnight. They were here @ 10am, and had a working prototype by midday .... and of course this "application" will also work on, say, a HTC running Windows Mobile ... anything with a browser
Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage > Better by Design! >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-u2- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of doug chanco >Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:56 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [U2] universe sockets > >I hope so, because I would like to develop an in house iphone app that >our >users can use to query our database for prices/quantity available and >sadly >Apple only allows socket access to the closed iphone OS. > >If anyone has a pick server socket solution they would like to share I'd >appriciate it (answering requests and spawning a program to handle each >incoming request) otherwise I may go the route of moving the socket >server >to the OS (using init.d to handle incoming requests and to spawn a >program >to handle each request). > >But I think I am getting close (to getting a working non blocking pick >socket server) and if I get it to work I'll post what I have to the web >site. > >dougc > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of phil walker >Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:36 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [U2] universe sockets > >Maybe someone could put an example of this on the U2ug website, or Brian >could include it in his training materials if he has not already so that >people have an idea how to accomplish this ;-). > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-u2- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Symeon Breen >> Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2009 9:30 a.m. >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [U2] universe sockets >> >> > We want to explore other connection options that are not tied to >> > uniobjects so that if we decide to switch from universe to say >> database >> > "x" we can do so easier. >> >> >> My only comment on this is don't go writing socket code just for this >- >> just >> write a wrapper round the uniobjects code - so your code does not open >> a >> uniobjects connection and do read/write/select/run programs, it uses a >> class >> that you have written that in turn does this - pass a param to the >> class >> called DB and set it to "uv" - then when you want to switch to some >> other DB >> add the connectivity code to your class and away you go - basically >you >> are >> building a DAL (Data access layer) upon which your BLL (business logic >> layer) works - the bll does not care what the DB is or how it >> communicates >> that is the job of your DAL. >> >> Rgds >> Symeon. >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
