Re: Mysql over HTTP

On 4/7/06, Jangita <[email protected]> wrote:
> True, I could write a browser app with apache/mysql/php - but there are some
> things that just can't be done with a browser, for example back to my chat
> example; having a web based yahoo chat is fun and will work; but those
> notifications at the bottom of the screen the sounds etc. Or another example
> like a news popup program that sits on the system tray. You probably agree
> that there is stuff that an application is better (and more secure as
> doing).Frankly I'm not that good in http and php - can whip up a Delphi app
> in seconds tho :) )
>
> I'm thinking packing it well enough (the way you can download a regular file
> from a website) should hide the traffic well enough;
>
> As for the client and server conversion apps I could probably sell then :)

Yes you could, it would be better than most HTTP tunelling software in
the market, in fact, you'll drive most admins crazy with that, as your
app could possibly produce a risky environment on any company that
allow Internet surfing, you could install the server at home and
virtually use any app using the client and connecting with your home
computer... Sounds like a dream for users and a nightmare for
admins...

Stuff like ActiveX can be used to download and run mini-apps to
provide what you want (popups, notifiers, icons and sounds), and you
could still use a mini-client with HTTP communication to make this
happen while using the server-side to deal with REAL database stuff
(the important work). In fact, you don't need to convert anything, you
could just write an app that make queries, send it to a PHP page that
would process and return stuff and parse a HTML, XML, CSV, whatever,
return from the PHP simple page.

Delphi can be used to share a session opened (and even authenticated)
from the web using the browser, I remember an app that would do that,
just don't know if its written in Delphi, but it sure could be,
Audiogalaxy, check it out: http://www.audiogalaxy.com/

There are millions of options for Delphi way better than what you
initially wanted to do, althought you could get a LOT of profit from
writting something like that and selling it... It can be more
complicated than it sound.

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