Re: Data transfer between databases over the Internet

[John McCawley <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I may not have described my problem clearly enough...I *already* 
have a server-side app written in PHP with a Postgres backend...This is 
the ultimate destination of the data.  The problem is that I am being 
forced by my client to deploy a 3rd party app on all of my field guys' 
laptops...This app (that I have NO ability to modify) is set in stone, I 
cannot use a different one or modify it.  I am trying to write an app 
client side that exports the data from the .mdb backend of this 3rd 
party program and into my Postgres backend.  This needs to work over the 
Internet, as my guys are not necessarily on my LAN.

Believe me, you don't have to sell me on the benefits of web 
programming.  What I am trying to do is work around the limitations of 
someone else's app.  Everything that I have written on this project 
(with the eception of these "glue" apps) is PHP/Postgres.


Tony Caduto wrote:

> John McCawley wrote:
>
> > 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?
> I would say it probably is a bit faster, but the nice thing is there 
> is no client libraries required, hence a thinner deployment.
>
> With a web application you would have the application run at a single 
> web server and the clients would access through a browser.  That way 
> you would not have to deploy anything.