[dba-VB] WCF

Hi John,

We're interested also (me and my brother, Eric). 
I've downloaded the chm for the John Sharp book and something called
HelpExplorer 3 to spare my eyes.
You right-click in the main viewing panel and select ant text zoom you want.
I want to catch up with you ...

Michael R Mattys
Business Process Developers
www.mattysconsulting.com


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Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:20 AM
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Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] WCF

Gustav,

If you would like you could work with me to set up a practical scenario, and
actually run the client clear over the other side of the pond and see how it
all works.  Let me be clear, I am doing this and you can participate however
you like, from actual code to just watching.

To anyone else interested, I make the same offer.

I have to build a small database, volunteers, organizations, locations,
events etc.  So far I have about 12 tables.  The objective is to have this
small database accessed from anywhere that has an internet connection.  I
will initially host the database on my in-house servers but eventually will
move them off to a web hosting service, perhaps even my own.

One specific user is going to populate the tables, and then several users
are going to use the database to do occasional data entry, but more often do
reporting.

How many volunteers?
Who worked on Event XYZ.
How many volunteers attended event XYZ and how often did each work.
We have event ABC in zip code 12345.  List the top 30 volunteers closest to
that location.

That kind of thing.  The database / application will be used to allow
project managers to staff events with reliable volunteers, and discover
which organizations are providing volunteers etc.

I started reading Microsoft WCF step by step last night and that author
immediately dived right in with example code that... worked with a database,
reading and updating tables.

I am putting AccessD on the To list for this email in case there are AccessD
members not yet on the VB list who might be interested.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 12/17/2010 6:43 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi John
>
> Yes, WCF is huge. But you don't need to learn all about it to use it. I
have attended some demo session and quite fast you can set up some test
scenarios.
> Microsoft has some intro stuff as well:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg132851.aspx
>
> I haven't worked with WCF for any practical project but would love to
follow the thread.
>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 16-12-2010 22:47>>>
> WCF looks like the ticket for my requirement to access data over the 
> internet using a client .Net application.  I have three different 
> projects for three different clients all of which really need to interface
to a database over the web.
>
> WCF is... way over my head.  I am reading a book - O'Reilly - Learning WCF
by Michelle Bustamonte.
> About all I can say is wow.  Rarely have I encountered so many 
> acronyms in a single (the first) chapter.  I have another book - Microsoft
WCF Step By Step by John Sharp.
>
> I just started reading Learning WCF last night.  Luckily I have the
holidays to do some heavy reading.
>
> I think I will be able to eventually figure it out but I thought I'd 
> see if anyone on the list has done this and wants to start a discussion
thread.
>
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