On Oct 4, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>> Has anyone written a VFP application that accesses data on the Internet
>> instead of locally?
>
> A very bad idea for a lot of reasons - very slow, very prone to dropouts
> and errors, very insecure. You need to use a web service.
How is a web service faster, less prone to dropouts or errors, and more
secure?
Seems like the connection speed would be the same, except that you have
an extra layer of processing on the server, so it doesn't seem like speed would
be better.
I don't know exactly what you mean by "dropouts and errors", but since
this "web service" has to connect to the same data store, there would be no
difference here, but perhaps you have something more specific in mind.
Security can be just as horrible on a web service as on a direct
connection. Running over HTTP would probably be less secure; with HTTPS you're
probably about the same: it is a function of the developer's security
awareness, not anything inherent in the approach.
Don't get me wrong: I'm a big advocate for web services and APIs; just
not for the reasons you cited.
-- Ed Leafe
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