PowerBuilder® 9: Internet and Distributed Application Development

Objectives

Designing and implementing an n-tier or Internet application is a complex task, and issues resulting from errors in the runtime configuration or in the application code itself are practically inevitable. Problem analysis and troubleshooting are part art and part science. Therefore, although the techniques we shall discuss shortly are often helpful, the sheer diversity of client and server environments precludes a single recipe for resolving all issues. This chapter specifically focuses on problems that involve PowerBuilder and that occur from the point of connectivity all the way through an EAServer component's life cycle. This chapter is supplemented by Appendix A, which provides troubleshooting checklist offering potential resolutions ...