> John McCawley wrote: > >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. If that's really all you need you might just write a Python script. Or do you need a frontend for the PostgreSQL data as well ? If so it might still be useful to separate it from the ex-/importer. > >This needs to work over the Internet, as my guys are not necessarily > >on my LAN. No problem. I'd just make sure it works over an encrypted pipe (as you said) - be it ssh or ssl. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
