client-server question

[fgeorge]

i want to create a network ready app..
what i mean is there will be one database which all the clients connect to..

when i install the app on the workstations , will it automatically "detect" that it should not create a copy of the db on the client but "connect" to the db on the server.?

how do i do this in vb 6.0
thanks..

 

[chiph]

What database server will you be using?
(hopefully not Access)

Chip H.


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[AndyWatt]

> when i install the app on the workstations , will it automatically "detect" that it should not create a copy of the db on the client but "connect" to the db on the server.?

That would very much depend on if you program the application to create a database or search for one...

I put the path to the app database in an ini file and then read that - that way you can get it to point somewhere else if you want it to.

Andy
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