Developer Shortcuts for Remote Database Applications

Converting your database application to use SOAP isn’t the same as creating a new application. The amount of work that you put into the conversion depends on the complexity, modularity, and overall workmanship of your application. A modular application usually divides the middle-tier processing from the back end anyway, so everything is already in place for the conversion. Sometimes, you can update the existing components and, in other cases, you’ll create a small communication component to interact with SOAP.

Many developers find themselves overwhelmed with the task of updating an application to use SOAP instead of another technology, such as CORBA. The thought is that every small change ...

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