[dba-VB] Access data across the internet

Strictly speaking,

http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Computer_Science/2005/web_services.asp

"The term Web service describes a standardized way of integrating Web-based applications 
using the XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI open standards over an Internet protocol 
backbone."

http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/ws_intro.asp
What are Web Services?

    * Web services are application components
    * Web services communicate using open protocols
    * Web services are self-contained and self-describing
    * Web services can be discovered using UDDI
    * Web services can be used by other applications
    * XML is the basis for Web services

This latter link is the start of a long tutorial on web services.

Based on your original problem, this is not really what you want at all.  You just want some 
way to transfer data over the internet which is not exposed to all and sundry.

-- 
Stuart


On 29 Aug 2009 at 15:15, jwcolby wrote:

> Thanks Shamil.
> 
> What is missing here is an explanation.
> 
> 1) What IS a web service?
> 2) What are the pieces, and what do they do?  I assume that there is a service and a client?
> 3) What is this web service doing?
> 4) Doesn't it seem that ...
>