Re: [OT] Visual Fox Pro vs. SQL

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2005


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texte = Thanks, John. Spot on as always ;) -Will On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:34:00 -0500 John Peacock wrote: > Will Starck wrote: > >> One company's offering uses Visual Fox Pro 9. We would >>like to use >> wireless tablet PCs to check patients in and out, etc, >>which the SQL >> based products vendors support (they say). Also, we have >>two offices, so >> we want to have a centralized server that can be >>accessed from the other >> office via a VPN. >> >> The VFP 9 based product's vendor bad mouths wireless >>connections: > > VFP is a shared-database application (like Access is), >which means each instance of the application must connect >to the actual database files to perform queries and >updates. This makes is unreliable for situations where >the network connectivity is not perfect (or even just >slow). > > However, you could consider using that application in a >Terminal server setup. Run TS on the central server and >have the tablet PC's use TS to access the application. > The database is always local to the TS session and this >should be much more reliable over VPN's. > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: >http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] Visual Fox Pro vs. SQL ( "Will Starck" 2005)
  2. Re: [OT] Visual Fox Pro vs. SQL ( John Peacock 2005)
  3. [OT] Visual Fox Pro vs. SQL ( "Will Starck" 2005)
Thanks, John. Spot on as always ;) -Will On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:34:00 -0500 John Peacock wrote: > Will Starck wrote: > >> One company's offering uses Visual Fox Pro 9. We would >>like to use >> wireless tablet PCs to check patients in and out, etc, >>which the SQL >> based products vendors support (they say). Also, we have >>two offices, so >> we want to have a centralized server that can be >>accessed from the other >> office via a VPN. >> >> The VFP 9 based product's vendor bad mouths wireless >>connections: > > VFP is a shared-database application (like Access is), >which means each instance of the application must connect >to the actual database files to perform queries and >updates. This makes is unreliable for situations where >the network connectivity is not perfect (or even just >slow). > > However, you could consider using that application in a >Terminal server setup. Run TS on the central server and >have the tablet PC's use TS to access the application. > The database is always local to the TS session and this >should be much more reliable over VPN's. > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed >to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: >http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Will Starck"

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