Re: Connecting remotely.

For single tier access to pg via libpq.dll check out the following:

http://www.zeos.dn.ua/eng/zeos_zdo_main.html

Ken

At 13:24 11/01/2000 -0500, Adam Lang wrote:
>So in other words I should have a client that talks to a server application,
>which in turn talks to the database?
>
>Again, this n-tier stuff is nice if the person writing the app has to do it
>independent of a back end, but when you are writing for a specific
>instances, all it seems to do is make things harder...
>
>Adam Lang
>Systems Engineer
>Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
>To: "'Adam Lang'" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>;
><pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:15 PM
>Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] Connecting remotely.
>
>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@rutgersinsurance.com]
>> > Sent: 01 November 2000 16:40
>> > To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
>> > Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Connecting remotely.
>> >
>> >
>> > What's the difference between having the client use ADO to talk to the
>> > database as opposed to an interface using the postgresql
>> > client libraries?
>> >
>>
>> Nothing, I would say. In my mind, Sergio is saying that any app written
>with
>> libpq or libpq++ or any other interface that doesn't include some kind of
>> middleware is broken. Surely that would include psql, pgAccess, pgAdmin,
>> anything using ODBC written in C or VB or C++?
>>
>> Or have I missed the point completely?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dave.
>>
>> >
>> > > "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com> el día Wed, 1 Nov
>> > 2000 09:52:35
>> > > -0500, escribió:
>> > >
>> > > [...]
>> > > >
>> > > >What are people's thoughts?
>> > >
>> > > people's thoughts are that you really want to design a multi-thier
>> > > design (for example a 3 layer design), where
>> > >
>> > >                                             /  client1 (browser)
>> > >  database  <--->   bussines rules           -  client2 (browser)
>> > >                   (ie. apache, php,...)     \  .....
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > if your client has direct access to the database, you
>> > design is broken...
>> > >
>> > > sergio
>> >
>