Comments on: Advantage Database Server http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2008/02/advantage-database-server/ Shedding some light on topics of software development, Visual FoxPro, saving our planet, paying it forward, and anything else I find important enough to share. Sun, 13 Jan 2019 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Rick Schummer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2008/02/advantage-database-server/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Rick Schummer Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:21:35 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2008/02/advantage-database-server/#comment-736 Using the local server does not buy you anything vs. direct VFP access. What you do get is the ODBC driver which is useful when accessing your application from external tools. <br /><br />The cool thing about the implementation is the local server is 100% compatible with the server edition. The server addition gets you the security and the additional stability with the protection of indexes and lessened table corruption.<br /><br />All J.D. is showing with the initial video is the most basic setup and data access to show you how it works. Using the local server does not buy you anything vs. direct VFP access. What you do get is the ODBC driver which is useful when accessing your application from external tools.

The cool thing about the implementation is the local server is 100% compatible with the server edition. The server addition gets you the security and the additional stability with the protection of indexes and lessened table corruption.

All J.D. is showing with the initial video is the most basic setup and data access to show you how it works.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2008/02/advantage-database-server/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Anonymous Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:49:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2008/02/advantage-database-server/#comment-737 I don't get it. Call me dense :)<br /><br />Why would I use the Advantage Database Server the way he does in the demo? I mean, what is the point of creating a view via that ODBC connection to a VFP table when I can stick with VFP and do a direct USE? What am I missing here? Did he explain this and I just missed it? I don’t get it. Call me dense :)

Why would I use the Advantage Database Server the way he does in the demo? I mean, what is the point of creating a view via that ODBC connection to a VFP table when I can stick with VFP and do a direct USE? What am I missing here? Did he explain this and I just missed it?

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