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Thread Android "client" data-component for EDB
Wed, Apr 23 2014 3:59 AMPermanent Link

Adam Brett

Orixa Systems

I am now writing applications for Android phones accessing EDB databases on remote servers.

I realise that it is a BIG ask to have "EDB for Android" (not really an enhancement suggestion, more a whole new product!).

However I wonder whether it might be possible to develop 1 new component (rather than a whole suite)??

Most coders writing for Android will access EDB data via the cloud or some remote server.

Therefore the Android platform does not require the heavy-weight components which Windows apps use.

What is needed is an EDB-Lightweight-Crossplatform-Query

1. Give it a remote IP and PORT, DatabaseName, Password and User.
2. Add a SQLStr.
... it returns a dataset for use in the application.
3. If it had an "Update" command (into which the coder could pass a SQL-Update statement) that would be great.

It can only work either on a LAN / Wifi where a machine is serving data on the given IP / PORT, or out in the wild, if the IP references a valid EDB-cloud server ... but that would still be immensely useful.

I realise this component is a lot of work ... but I would buy it LIKE A SHOT. It would save me sooo much work writing Datasnap middle-tier data management layers.
Fri, Dec 5 2014 8:01 PMPermanent Link

Dale Derix

I second this request.  I have not written an android extension for out app yet but would really love to.

Dale
Mon, Dec 8 2014 5:45 PMPermanent Link

Barry

Dale & Adam,

How secure is that going to be for a mobile app to be sending SQL statements for a remote server to execute? Aren't you just asking for trouble? The reason Datasnap and other middleware products are more difficult to use is partly due to additional security that has to be enforced and also because the REST server returns the data as JSON/XML so other clients can use it. Yes it is more difficult to use, at least you're not losing sleep over who's breaking into your server tonight. Just ask Sony if they have changed their opinion on security now that they've been thoroughly hacked (Sony didn't want to spend the money on security improvements, now they've supposedly lost terabytes of corporate data).  Smile

Barry
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