[dba-VB] SPAM-LOW: Re: Access data across the internet

Thanks Stuart.

I believe one of the implications of the service route was that the whole TCP/IP address / port 
thing goes away, IOW it can get through a firewall without having to get the intervention of IT.

I am listening to all points of view.  Luckily I am in no hurry here, it will be six months or more 
before I need to solve this problem, or even have the requisite knowledge.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> WCF, SOAP, Web Services etc are necessary if you are exposing services to all and 
> sundry on the web.
> 
> There are far simpler ways to exchange data when you have control of both the client and 
> the server. These other methods do not require you to set up a web server and publish a 
> schema which then opens up your data to the whole world.  Take a look at a simple TCPIP 
> client/server solution first.  Here's a simple one in VB .Net 
> 
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020323.asp
> 
> This could be easily modified to do the sort of thing you are after, with the Listener 
> application doing most of the work.
>