Tony: [stuff snipped]
> Brian's comment about intepreted code wasn't lost on me and I need to > consider it - I confess I've never done that. Putting some logic at a > middle tier, not necessarily at the DBMS server, also has advantages. At > the risk of yet more bandwidth, but not consuming licenses, many basic > validation rules can be exposed as client-independent web services. That > approximates that interpreted layer, makes changes virtually > instantaneous, > and eliminates deployment issues. Goes to show you what we'll do for cost considerations. Introducing another tier seems like madness, unless it's cheaper. :-) That's why it sometimes looks like the main MV providers aren't really interested in exposing the dbms model to the mainstream. In IBM's case, they probably just want to kill the product, eventually, because growing the product competes with their other product(s). In RDUS's case, they probably just want to squeeze it for what they can because "they" believe it'll die by itself. Not sure about jBase though. Maybe if they can sell it to China they'll reach a critical mass that'll support a migration from D3 and U2. What a bizarre thought. :-) Bill ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
