Re: Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird?

2004-05-05 Thread Martijn Tonies
Fred, > >> This list is not a great place to ask about Firebird. > > But then, since I'm wondering whether to use MySQL or FireBird, they'll > probably tell me the same thing over at the FB mailing list :-) Feel free to send me a personal email with questions about Firebird. With regards, Mart

Re: Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird?

2004-05-04 Thread The masked marvel
David Griffiths >> Look at the documentation regarding the users table in the mysql database. Thx David, but I wasn't asking about limiting access to a database, but rather how to set things up so that users at a branch office can have read/write access to a database located at the main office.

Re: Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird?

2004-05-04 Thread David Griffiths
This list is not a great place to ask about Firebird. David. - Original Message - From: "The masked marvel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird? > Hi, > > Some

Re: Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird?

2004-05-03 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hi Fred, > > Some of our customers have remote offices. I was wondering if it'd be safe > to have a DBMS running at their central office, and have our client > application running on hosts in the branches connect to it through a VPN > via the Net? If the connection is reasonably stable, and you ca

Accessing DBMS remotely: MySQL? FireBird?

2004-05-01 Thread The masked marvel
Hi, Some of our customers have remote offices. I was wondering if it'd be safe to have a DBMS running at their central office, and have our client application running on hosts in the branches connect to it through a VPN via the Net? What happens if the connection goes south while a branch offi