Re: Dynamic Web Page

Mike Segel wrote: > Ahem, uhm there are several applications which you may want to do this. > I always use the example of a stock broker / trading desk application. > > Imagine yourself in a large brokerage office. Your task is to design > a system to allow brokers to pull up client portfolios in one window > and in the same window show the current trading prices in REAL TIME. [snip] While your example makes sense, I would question whether using the Web would be a reasonable approach to solving this problem. Remember: the issue is one of pushing db info to the WEB vs. pulling data from the db via the WEB. The nature of Web access (to date, anyway) has been one of consumer-driven information distribution (i.e. by browsing, I am *asking* for the info). If I want the most up-to-date info, why should I not be going directly to the source, rather than some "information middleman" (which is what a push, in this case, winds up being). -- Dave Kosenko, Informix Professional Services **************************************************************************** While it is true that there is more than one way to skin a cat, the cat himself generally fails to appreciate the differences.