On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Kurt @ VR-FX <v...@optonline.net> wrote:
> Hey Mike, > > Thanks for the input. I shall try and consider SQL as a backend for the > system. Especially since I know so many people here on this mailing list > has done Exactly that - using SQL. However, to be truthful - I have very > little experience with doing something like that. Also, I've done the > Visual type screen design - where I drop one or more DBF's into the Env. on > a Form - which allows me to easily do Drag&Drop to layout the screen > design. I suspect that with an SQL backend - you can't do that at all... > > I'd STRONGLY suggest you take advantage of some of your free time to get familiar with VFP and its Client-Server (C/S) solutions. There's SQL Pass-Through (SPT), Remote Views and cursoradaptors. All three technologies have strengths and weaknesses, and the best systems I've worked on have a combination of them. And with remote views, you can do visual design pretty similarly to what you are used to. "When all you own is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." In my last years of pushing VFP solutions, I was a big fan of the idea that a VFP C/S app could be one of several front ends. VFP is awesome for heads-down data entry, rich desktop applications, grids, drag-and-drop and so forth. A second or third app could also access the same data: Excel for bean-counter what-ifs, a web-based app for salesmen on the road to do price lookups, etc. For the past decade, I've specialized in web apps using PHP and Ruby/Rails, mostly with MySQL backends, but with a smattering of SQLite, Postgres, Ingres and even SQL Server (under protest, of course). I have been AMAZED at the range of tools out there and the cool things you can do. If you're serious about being in this business for the long term, you owe it to yourself to always be learning new stuff. It's the cost of doing business. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vd44racwgdripwpztnvjarynsa3vkzgcrfqze6f8t...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
