RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-12 Thread Chris Reynolds
me too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Siegfried Kirchmair Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 1:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.) Hi, Richard wrote: > How m

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-07 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 1999 12:20 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. --- Max Renshaw-Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony, > > Have a look at the MS URL that Kerry posted - it's a pretty good > argument for the flying obje

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
--- Max Renshaw-Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony, > > Have a look at the MS URL that Kerry posted - it's a pretty good > argument for the flying objects scenario Ummm, I didn't post such a URL, and didn't see who did. I wouldn't mind taking a look though, if somebody doesn't mind posting it

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
Tony Blomfield Sent: Monday, 6 September 1999 21:05 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. Thanks Max. I'm already into that, and more or less decided it is the most efficient all round solution. Less work to implement as well. I was really

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-06 Thread Jim
PerfectData - Wellington is interested --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Patrick Dunford
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Tony Blomfield > Sent: Monday, 6 September 1999 21:05 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. > > snip > I can see that us

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Blomfield
Count me in. TonyB Definitely... Cost will however be an issue to those with the pursestrings... I'm very keen... The centralised processing and interface independance have too many customers interested to ignore this technology... -- Aaron Scott-Boddendijk Jump Productions (07) 838-3371 Voice

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Blomfield
I completely agree with this part. >If you want to make stuff really thin, then you must at some stage cache >data on the users (client) PC and only update it when there is a change in >the same data on the server - this can be very effective for all those >lookup tables that don't change very of

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-06 Thread Tony Blomfield
onday, 6 September 1999 07:15 Subject: RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. Tony, What about the solution that Wade organised in Aus, where the major smarts were just in caching the lookups with client datasets. I've been doing some stuff recently, which is also essentially 2 tier but all

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Laurence Bevan
I'm a starter for Wellington. Laurence Bevan Master Business Systems Ltd --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz

RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Coulter, Jeremy
Derricutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 2:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.) On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Max Renshaw-Fox wrote: > How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MI

RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Mark Derricutt
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Max Renshaw-Fox wrote: > How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MIDAS? > (Probably Auckland + Wellington) If I get some serious feedback, then I can > probably convince Annie to put it on... We can cover all the bases I believe I'd be in, as long as

RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
Yes please Richard Max [Richard Said] How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MIDAS? (Probably Auckland + Wellington) If I get some serious feedback, then I can probably convince Annie to put it on... We can cover all the bases I believe in a single day. Just interest a

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
> How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MIDAS? > (Probably Auckland + Wellington) If I get some serious feedback, then I can > probably convince Annie to put it on... We can cover all the bases I believe in > a single day. Just interest at this stage - don't let cost be

RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-05 Thread Myles Penlington
Myles. > -Original Message- > From: Tony Blomfield [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 8:46 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.) > > There seemws to be very little mileage in

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-05 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
to see anyway. Max -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Blomfield Sent: Thursday, 2 September 1999 20:16 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. Thanks for the replies. Bypassing the BDE is not an

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
On 3/09/99 at 20:46 Tony Blomfield wrote: >There seemws to be very little mileage in going this way. > >1. Is this really "Thin" technology is per my earlier goal statement. Which was the reduction of network traffic, right? Then sure - it can be as thin (or fat) as you want to make it. >2. Fi

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Siegfried Kirchmair
Hi, Richard wrote: > How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MIDAS? > (Probably Auckland + Wellington) If I get some serious feedback, then I can > probably convince Annie to put it on... We can cover all the bases I believe in > a single day. Just interest at this stage

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Richard Vowles
Hi Tony, Tony Blomfield wrote: > 1. Is this really "Thin" technology is per my earlier goal statement. Not sure what your earlier goal statement was - see my comment about coming into the thread 1/2 way. > 2. Financially the only winners in this race are Borland. From what I read > there is ab

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-03 Thread Richard Vowles
The basics of using Delphi & CORBA is up on the Esperanto Group's site (www.esperanto.org.nz). It also covers connecting to and from JBuilder's implementation of CORBA. Tony Blomfield wrote: > OK. > > Well Thanks for all the points of view. As I am just starting a new project > from the design u

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-03 Thread Tony Blomfield
D]> Date: Friday, 3 September 1999 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. >That sounds pretty impressive. Are you using Corba or low level sockets? >Corba of course has the disadvantage that it boosts some one else's bank >account - probably to the detriment of m

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Tony Blomfield
--Original Message- From: Richard Vowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, 3 September 1999 7:50 AM Subject: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.) Nic Wise wrote: > Remember, and Annie will hate me for saying

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Dennis Chuah
riginal Message- > From: Nic Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, 2 September 1999 5:19 PM > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. > > > > So if something is OLE DB capable then it is appa

RE: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-02 Thread Myles Penlington
ED]] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 8:05 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.) > > Nic Wise wrote: > > > Remember, and Annie will hate me for saying this, but Delphi's CORBA > > stuf

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
>That sounds pretty impressive. Are you using Corba or low level sockets? >Corba of course has the disadvantage that it boosts some one else's bank >account - probably to the detriment of mine. Is there a worthwhile margin in >using Corba? CORBA does have a cost, but it's a darn sight easier to w

CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-02 Thread Richard Vowles
Nic Wise wrote: > Remember, and Annie will hate me for saying this, but Delphi's CORBA > stuff is licenced by the SERVER, not by the CLIENT (MIDAS is different, > I think?). Stepping into this conversation without actually reading the thread (sorry), the answer to that is no - MIDAS is normally

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Nic Wise
> From: Kerry Sainsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, 2 September 1999 9:40 PM > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. > > On 2/09/99 at 20:16 Tony Blomfield wrote: > > > By &

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Tony Blomfield
Thanks. I'l check it out. -Original Message-From: Xander van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thursday, 2 September 1999 9:28 PMSubject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. Here are three URLs

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Tony Blomfield
sbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, 2 September 1999 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. On 2/09/99 at 20:16 Tony Blomfield wrote: > By "Thin" I am referring >to designing applications

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
On 2/09/99 at 20:16 Tony Blomfield wrote: > By "Thin" I am referring >to designing applications in such a way as to minimise the network traffic, >Take a look at a telnet session into an AS400 as an example of >"Thin" within this definition. >I am not a three tier expert, but I find it >hard to

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Patrick Dunford
  -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Xander van der MerweSent: Thursday, 2 September 1999 21:29To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. Here are three URLs that I picked up of VCL

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Xander van der Merwe
Components. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony BlomfieldSent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 22:57To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. 1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-02 Thread Tony Blomfield
etwork also. Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: Nic Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, 2 September 1999 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. > So if something is OLE DB capable then

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread Nic Wise
> So if something is OLE DB capable then it is apparently a short step from there > to ADO which of course means the BDE is bypassed. > OLE DB = driver for ADO. ADO-MD = multi dimensional ADO, ie OLAP, which is rather cool... N -- Nic Wise - +64.21.676.418 - +64.9.277.5309 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread pdunford
Quoting Kerry Sainsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** > > On 1/09/99 at 23:27 Nic Wise wrote: > > >> Tony Blomfield wrote: > >> > >> 1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO > >> > >> 2. For Oracle we have ODA ?? Components. > > > >DOA, I beleive :) Direct Or

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/09/99 at 23:27 Nic Wise wrote: >> Tony Blomfield wrote: >> >> 1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO >> >> 2. For Oracle we have ODA ?? Components. > >DOA, I beleive :) Direct Oracle Access. Supposed to be quite good. > >> Does anybody know of si

RE: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread Patrick Dunford
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony BlomfieldSent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 22:57To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: [DUG]: Thin Database Components. 1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO   2. For Oracle

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread Nic Wise
> Tony Blomfield wrote: > > 1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO > > 2. For Oracle we have ODA ?? Components. DOA, I beleive :) Direct Oracle Access. Supposed to be quite good. > Does anybody know of similar components for working with the Database > API for SQL Server 7, and Informix?

[DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-01 Thread Tony Blomfield
1. For Interbase we have FIB and IBO   2. For Oracle we have ODA ?? Components.   Does anybody know of similar components for working with the Database API for SQL Server 7, and Informix?   TIA,   Tony.