ASP Net.Web Applicaiton or Windows Applications

[CAM]

Hello,

I need to get some advice from a pro or someone who encounters this
situtation. Currently we are using user friendly MS Access databases for
two inventory warehouses located in California and New York. Unfortunately
we cannot connect the two together due to poor proformance and distance
(table gets corrupted) both warehouses are separate entities, which I really
wanted to make it a more enterprises level. I want to move foward and use
MS SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Visual Basic.Net. instead of MS Access. I want
to have the the ability to have the California Warehouse able to see what
New York warehouse has in stock the same for New York to see what California
has in stock. My question is should I use Windows Application or ASP
Net.Web Application for the front end? What are the trade off or which is
better? I want to have consisted look and able to update easily the forms.
Any tips or advice will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Cheers

 

[sloan]

Well, you've learned the hard way that Access(Jet) was never meant to be a
enterprise level database.
....
Here is one bit of advice.

A WebApplication can show a frontend to your Jet/Access database...and a web
application will communicate with the Jet/Access database as a local file.
(Provided you place the mdb file on the web server).

This would be (not ideal) but perhaps acceptable.

A winforms application would most likely have to talk to the mdb file over
the network somehow. This is what ends up killing you.
Because Jet/Access is just a file sitting on a server somewhere.....it has
to pull alot of data over the network just to run simple queries.
If you do a join of 3 tables.......(Emp,Dept,JobTitle) for example... you
pull all 3 tables and ALL rows over the network to do a query that might
return 1 row.
That's because Jet/Access is NOT a true RDBMS ... its a file. The JetEngine
sits on the local computer.

There is a way to develop a software package in a way..that's not
"either/or".

Check this early preview post:

http://sholliday.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!A68482B9628A842A!176.entry

 

[CAM]

Thanks, but I am planning to use sql server 2005 for all the tables and
queries. What I want to know which will be better Windows Application or
ASP Net.Web Application for the front end and why? Thanks you in advance.

Regards,

 

[CAM]

Thanks Robin

It depends on the complexity of your UI. IMHO, You have more control over
your UI with a Windows application than you do with a web-based result.
And with the new ClickOnce deployment available in .Net, you can easily
deploy a WinForms application and provide incremental updates to your
customers.

RobinS.
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