🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi Bob,

> Using the Socket Server in DataSnap, we can use socket interceptions: 
> peeking into what's happening between the client and the server when you 
> use the SocketConnection component. You can use the IDataIntercept 
> interface and the TPacketIntercept class to write your own DLL that must 
> be registered with the SocketServer application as well as the 
> TSocketConnection component and can be used to compress, encrypt, log or 
> do whatever with the data packets that you wish...
> 

That sounds *very* good. Thanks again.

Got another question (sorry)...
Has anyone thought of a broadcasting scheme of updates between servers 
and clients? That would be most useful to propagate changes in a 
live/push fashion I would think.

As background, I have loads of experiencing developing 3-tier apps using 
   the ACE/TAO Corba implementation with servers written in C++ running 
on Linux and the gui written with C++ builder running on windows. This 
is a proven framework and is very fast and very robust. Yet, it's not 
RAD; DataSnap, though somewhat limited compared to 
CORBA/C++/hand-wiring, offers RAD in proven paradigm. Yes, I have read 
quite a few negative comments on the net about DataSnap. Admittedly, I 
have no experience with it and so must rely on other people's 
experiences with it.

What's your opinion about DataSnap's robustness, performance and 
scalability? I'm very tempted to give it a try.


Thanks - Adrian.