I'm not really sure what switching development platforms for the tool
would buy me. Are you saying that the wire-protocol used by vb.net and
C# etc. is substantially faster than what is available in VB? Regarding
ASP.net, I don't really see how a web app would help here, as it has to
run on hundreds of client machines...Are you suggesting that I install a
webserver on them?
Tony Caduto wrote:
I guess I would recommend you to upgrade your VB application to either
vb.net or C#, then you can use the Postgresql .net data provider which
requires no additional client libraries.
This means you could write a nice compact application that would
require one exe and the .net data provider assembly.
http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/
Or you could use Turbo Delphi (http://www.turboexplorer.com/delphi)
along with a native client access library such as
PostgresDAC(http://www.microolap.com) or Zeos (http://www.zeoslib.net).
You could also use ASP.net to(with npgsql) create a nice web
application.
For C# or vb.net, you don't need a M$ ide, you could use SharpDevelop
(http://www.icsharpcode.com/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx) which is
excellent.
Hope this helps,
