Re: Connecting remotely - multi tier

Yes, it is possible to open TCP sockets and do my own low level protocols,
but I was hoping there would be a MUCH easier way of doing that.

As for Java, great idea and all, but when you already know VB and enjoy it,
don't feel like dropping languages (again).

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Samplonius" <tom@sdf.com>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Connecting remotely - multi tier


>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Adam Lang wrote:
>
> > Windows applications in a distributed architecture connect over RPC and
> > DCOM.  How would I write a Windows application to access a Linux based
> > middle tier?  So far the way I see it is a Windows application to a
windows
> > server, which then connects to a linux based postgresql.  Short of
something
> > like FTP or waiting till XML comes around more, what options do I have
to go
> > from a windows app to a non-windows server to postgresql on a *nix
server?
>
>   Hopefully it is self-evident that each component of the Windows
> architecture was designed to only work with other components of the
> Windows archictecture.  That was the entire point of the Windows platform.
>
>   I would think that a VB program can still be written to open a TCP
> socket and send and receive data over it.  You could design your own
> front-end <-> middle-tier protocol to run over it.  But that is a lot of
> work.  More suitable for simply front-end apps.
>
>   Or you could go with Java.  They have definitions and libraries for all
> the inter-layer communication you could ever want.  At the end of the day,
> it will actually run on anything too.
>
>   Or you could go completely web-based.  The browser is the front-end and
> uses HTTP to the middle tier.
>
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
>
> Tom