Have you thought about using Web Services? Or the new WCF?

Our applications are WinForms and we do all our communication with the back-end database via Web Services.

~~Bonnie



>Have you any systems connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server with an IP address in the connection string?
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>If so, any problems? How is performance? Are you using encryption for the connection?
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>I'm considering this method of database connection for remote clients running c# .NET window forms. Right now, I have no interest in ASP.NET for this application, thus the reason for this question.
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>Thanks in advance and be well.