Re: ODBC (was RE: Green screen - it's time is over )

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

Do you think the C++ method of programming is overkill?  Where data members
of a class ( structure ) are private and public methods ( messages ) are
provided by the class author for reading and writing to the class.

Do you think this extra level of code will lead to more errors, more code
that has to be debugged?

Steve Richter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Jensen" <brad@elstore.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: ODBC (was RE: Green screen - it's time is over )


> > In a client/server environment (be it message based or shared
> memory, or any one of a
> > dozen other strategies...) you have moved processing logic into
> the client part, and that
> > part is just as likely to be in error as a server module that
> does the same logic. In other words,
> > moving the logic doesn't make it correct.
>
> Yeah, what he said.
>
> > Secondly, even if *most* of the programs in a client/server
> environement would be
> > correct, either through an insensitivity to dates like you
> mention, or because of some
> > other reason, you don't *know* that until you *examine* them. In
> short, you haven't
> > really avoided any work, and in many cases, you have made it
> more difficult, since Client/Server
> > programs often escape the scrutiny given to host based programs
> in terms of standards and
> > testing.
>
> Yeah, what he said again.
>
> and also, since part of the logic is in one place, and part in
> another, you really have to have someone who can read both types
> of programs at once to debug it. There can be interaction effects
> between the layers.
>
> My preference at this point is for client server with SQl for the
> database access and web for the client, with no custom programming
> in the clients (in other words, you can have little JavaScript
> enhancements, but they have to be the same for all client
> invocations, with no direct data access.)
>
> Whether that SQL is on NT , are remote to an AS/400 server, is
> secondary.
>
> The browser paradigm is so universal, I have even experimented
> with web-style applications as standalones, using VB and the DHTML
> object. Mixed results, so far.
>
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