Is there a way to user server based connection (ADOConnection on server) from client app?

rbuser

Hello,
when creating n-tier application, there is no actual database connection
from a client to a database
it coming via publication layer on a server
Is there a way for RB to publish a connection (ADOConnection) so TppReport
can use it in DADE environment on a client side

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Serge Dosyukov
Borland Delphi 6 product certified
MCP
"Programming is not a job; it is a style of life."

digitalmetaphors

Hi Serge,

RB's DADE uses dataviews, which usually rely on queries and data
connections, just like you would create on a TForm or TDatamodule. RB
creates the query objects in code (they expect to have an ADOConnection in
your case) to use to get to the data. If you want to allow the user to run a
report on the client side using DADE, then you'll have to give them the
ability to connect to the data via an ADOConnection object you provide on a
TForm or TDatamodule in the client app.

If you simply want the user to print the report as a client and they don't
need to use DADE visually to change the dataviews, then the alternative is
to use our Report Server Edition which generates the report entirely on the
server and sends the report output to the user via the web or the thin
client report viewer. http://www.digital-metaphors.com/Server/


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors