Re: 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