RE: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-26 Thread Tracy Spratt
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of theduderino82 Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:09 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService I've seen many tutorials and I just can't figure out what is the difference between this too services. I usually

Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-25 Thread Abdul Qabiz
Yup! You can use HTTPService with backend-scripts that return text or name-value pairs...You can even use it for SOAP but you would need to do more work. Where as WebService can easily be used with SOAP but expects right input and result. -abdul On 1/25/07, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

RE: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-25 Thread Merrill, Jason
>>The simplest dinstinction is that one is SOAP and the other one is XML. not quite that simple - not to confuse anyone further, but SOAP is actually an XML-based protocol... :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness

Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-25 Thread Nick Sophinos
The simplest dinstinction is that one is SOAP and the other one is XML. A SOAP interface, with its type safety and other such assurances contrasts to plain old XML, which has the advantage of simplicity. - Nick On 1/25/07, theduderino82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've seen many tut

Re: [flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-25 Thread Abdul Qabiz
HTTPService is good for doing standard HTTP GET/POST stuff... Where as WebService can be used for SOAP, etc based webservices... -abdul On 1/25/07, theduderino82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've seen many tutorials and I just can't figure out what is the difference between this too servic

[flexcoders] HTTPService Vs WebService

2007-01-25 Thread theduderino82
I've seen many tutorials and I just can't figure out what is the difference between this too services. I usually use it to interrogate mysql database through a php file. Which is best?