Re: Deployment of servlets & database

[Gert Grenander]

Hi Harish,   But if I want to bundle the MS Access database with the application, (for easier deployment, since it's going to be sold as a module) is there an issue of it being developed in a Windows environment? Or do I have to build a database on each different potential platform? I'm really a beginner when it comes to moving databases between different platforms, (as well as on doing stuff with JDBC) so just bare with me. :)   Best regards, Gert ----- Original Message ----- From: Harish K Kottarathil To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:07 AM Subject: Re: Deployment of servlets & database well, if u r using java jdbc 2.0 APIs for database access, ur application can be indepenedent of the underlying DB. Doesn't make any diff, whether the DB is oracle/DB2 etc.   Harish ----- Original Message ----- From: Gert Grenander To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Deployment of servlets & database Hi,   I'm currently developing my first servlet-based web application, and I really like the concept of Java being platform independent language. But one thing that bugs me is that I feel that I got platform dependent when I took the decision of having a real database instead of XML to store the data. I'm currently using MS Access (yeah, I'm not perfect... but you use what you got... :) ) and my servlets access it via JDBC. But what if a customer wants to deploy the application on a non-Windows platform. (e.g. Unix) Isn't there an issue with it being developed in Bill's world?   It would be very interesting to hear from someone who has tackled this issue. (e.g. choice of database, that can be deployed with as little friction as possible on different platforms)   Best regards, Gert Grenander