Re: Update datas online

From: Bob Bedford (bob_at_bedford.com)
Date: 10/20/03 

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:47:22 +0200

Hello Cruxy,

Thanks for your answer,

"Cruxy" <cruxyATcruxyDOTnet> a écrit dans le message de news:
3f93a76f@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > My idea is that as soon as a company updates their datas (phone
> > number, airport email address...) the new datas are sent to a server
> > and the datas may be directly updates.
> [snip]
> > I'm sure such component already exists, but I can't find it out !
>
> I think you could do that with a Database Server on the on side and the
> Client on the other.
> If that is not the desired solution, you could also retrieve files via
> Indy (ftp, http).
> Or you could write a Server App sending the data to the client (When
> they connect).
>
> Components comes with Delphi, depending on the type of your package.

My app already deal with a database server (on their network), and I won't
create an other DB connection.
I don't like hard coded things in apps. As the needs of the customers always
changes, I would like to have the possibility to change things from my
server.
I want to be able to:

- Modify database structure (I already do that by providing an exe wich
already include SQL scripts), but want to do it online
- Update-Modify-Delete datas in a database.
- Retrieve datas from app or database app.
- Send information (that will be shown like Delphi Direct to the customer)
or news online

In that way, I can upload programs online without the need for the customers
to download datas, install and so on...update datas....

Wouldn't be possible to do that by setting a Web server path, with
directories, like www.myCompany.com/updates/common and
www.myCompany.com/updates/ClientNum wich is available from the program
itself (a path in the INI or register) where I put different files with
different extensions that the program will use to update itself ? The same
think may be used to upload datas created by the program. I may also create
files for retrieving informations on the client's program itself or database
(if a client has a problem retrieving some datas from the database, I may
retrieve the table's datas sending a SQL and the result will be put on my
server. I'll then look at the datas to find where the problem is).
So I'll provide a way to do it also online. (I may want to send an "signal"
to the app for telling it to send me some infos).

I think the Server App (running on my server) should also fit some of my
needs, but don't know where to start...

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