VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Carl Lindner
A client is looking at a new server running Windows 2012 Essentials and wants to know if there are any potential problems in running a VFP9 SP2 application. Last week I had an inquiry about running on Server 2012. I do not have any firsthand experience and do not know the answer to their

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013, at 02:42 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: Does VFP9 SP2 have any potential problems with these servers. Can VFP9 SP2 run on any windows server? Are there any special requirements? Is there a list of VFP9 SP2 server compatibility? In theory, yes it can. Where you *may*

RE: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Dave Crozier
: 20 September 2013 15:20 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers On Fri, Sep 20, 2013, at 02:42 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: Does VFP9 SP2 have any potential problems with these servers. Can VFP9 SP2 run on any windows server? Are there any special requirements

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/20/2013 10:19 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: In theory, yes it can. Where you *may* find issues is in the area of file locking and performance, due to the SMB2 protocol that Windows Vista, 7 or 8 clients will use to talk to it not being particularly designed with things like VFP in mind. These

RE: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Richard Kaye
http://www.dataaccess.com/whitepapers/opportunlockingreadcaching.html -- rk -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:49 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP 9 SP2

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/20/2013 11:54 AM, Richard Kaye wrote: http://www.dataaccess.com/whitepapers/opportunlockingreadcaching.html Thanks, Richard. From the article: The best data integrity, security and performance is available by using a client/server database, such as IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server or

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Man-wai Chang
I would turn off all forms of write-caching in the network shares! :) On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: In theory, yes it can. Where you *may* find issues is in the area of file locking and performance, due to the SMB2 protocol that Windows Vista, 7

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013, at 04:48 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: These SMB concerns only come into play when you're accessible VFP on the backend (DBFs), right? If you're using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or other RDBMS, you don't have that concern, do you? I wouldn't have thought

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013, at 04:48 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: These SMB concerns only come into play when you're accessible VFP on the backend (DBFs), right? If you're using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or other RDBMS, you don't have that concern, do you? I wouldn't have thought

Re: VFP 9 SP2 and Windows Servers

2013-09-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/20/2013 1:15 PM, Man-wai Chang wrote: I would turn off all forms of write-caching in the network shares! :) Definitely to prevent corruption due to power loss/fluctuation or network connectivity issues. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software