Re: [Gnumed-devel] Newbie

[Horst Herb]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 05:00, address@hidden wrote:
> I am Still trying to understand the architecture, but i have a question.
> Would it be better if all the python code handling the database connections
> are on the server machine and the clients talk to this server code through
> some sort of RMI (like CORBA)
> Fnorb (www.fnorb.org), is a CORBA implementation for python which may fit
> the bill.
>
> Currently, client machines need PyPgSQL, which in my opinion, limits
> the "thinness" of the client.

The "desktop client" will never be really thin.

However, we need a  "middleware" for other clients.
I have started toying with XML-RPC since it is a lot easier to implement than 
CORBA, but you would be most welcome to start working on a CORBA based middle 
layer.

Horst