>From the EJB 1.1 spec, 18.1.2 Programming restrictions "An enterprise bean must not use the java.io package to attempt to access files and directories in the file system." "The file system APIs are not well-suited for business components to access data. Business components should use a resource manager API, such as JDBC, to store data." So network storage arrays and distributed file systems are inappropriate enterprise stores? I need to throw out my terrabytes of optical disks storing historical client statements and move all of this data to a database in order to provide access via an EJB? I am having trouble understanding why the file system is excluded as a viable data resource. Can someone provide insight as to the reasoning behind this restriction. Scott Stark =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
