Network programming question

[Grant Collins]

Hi,

I am writing a client / server application for one of my University
projects and I would like some guidance reguarding the transfer of
data from the client to the server.

I have two methods that I can use and these are the use of Strings or
Object arrays, of custom objects. Now I can use the client to turn
all the objects into strings that insert data into the MySQL databases
that the application is using. Or pass object arrays to the server
that then turns these objects into Strings to place the information
into the database.

Which approach would be the most 'progressional' way of transferring
the data and building the strings.
1. Client side generating the SQL statements then pass to the server?
2. Client passes Object arrays to the server, which generates the SQL
statements?

Thanks in advance.

Grant Collins

[Jared Dykstra]

Re: Network programming question

Grant Collins <gcollins_07@ya hoo.com> wrote in message news:<o5v630do8 j6a6veeujuqdhon 8i13v6ba18@4ax. com>...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a client / server application for one of my University
> projects and I would like some guidance reguarding the transfer of
> data from the client to the server.
>
> I have two methods that I can use and these are the use of Strings or
> Object arrays, of custom objects. Now I can use the client to turn
> all the objects into strings that insert data into the MySQL databases
> that the application is using. Or pass object arrays to the server
> that then turns these objects into Strings to place the information
> into the database.
>
> Which approach would be the most 'progressional' way of transferring
> the data and building the strings.
> 1. Client side generating the SQL statements then pass to the server?
> 2. Client passes Object arrays to the server, which generates the SQL
> statements?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Grant Collins[/color]


Rule of thumb whenever designing an interface: The caller should know
as little as possible about the callee. This keeps the data abstract
from implementation.

If the client generated SQL statements for the server, what would
happen if you wanted to change the table structure? ...You would have
to rewrite the client--and that's just a waste of time.

---
Jared Dykstra

http://www.bork.org/~jared