KB, 1) There's an interesting virus alert attached to your message. 2) >> what front end tools should i think of using for dataentry clients IMHO, the answer is 'the web'. Is there a good reason why you don't want to do that? I realise that JSP is an obvious choice and perhaps like me you think it sucks, but it's the best of a bad lot. PHP and perl are other options. You won't need more hardware than your mysql server if you run something like apache tomcat for just 4 users.
The web/intranet brings all the advantages of not having to install and update software (except on the server). For smaller project we actually use visual basic 6 with a JSP 'gateway' that passes messages back and forth between web clients and the VB program. So we get all the advantages of VB (well known, easy to use, great debugger, easy to print!) but the down sides are: We need a windows OS to run the VB (but it need not be a 'server'), VB can be slower than raw JSP and you need to keep an eye on the VB program cos if it crashes the whole shooting match goes down. I'd be interested in the other answers. Regards, Andy. Java: A sledgehammer to crack a nut? No, more like a sledgehammer to paddle a canoe. KB wrote: > > hi all, > i am a new-bie, > should i even think of using mySQL in the following scenario ? > i have a situation in mind where two or three ( sometimes concurrently ) people will > be making invoices, on three computers in different locations on lan. > what front end tools should i think of using for dataentry clients ? > how can i print invoices from the database, on a specific printer only, when > somebody ( with a username and pswd ) gives a command from anywhere on the Lan / > intranet. > kb > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: InterScan_SafeStamp.txt > InterScan_SafeStamp.txt Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: 7bit > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
