>I have LAN based application that needs to be scaled to wide area access.
>My first thought was to switch the backend to SQL7 to minimize the amount
>data carried over the wire to these locations and to take advantage of the
>power of moving functionality into stored procedures. A traditional Client
>Server application.
>
>If I were to move my app to the internet instead, would I have better
>performance? Instead of moving the results of SQL queries down the wire to
>the client front ends (VFP), I would be sending HTML formatted data back to
>a browser. Also, the datasource (VFP or SQL7) will be located on the same
>box as the web server. What setup performs better and why?
>
>Thanx, I appreciate your opinons!
>Charlie

An option would be to use Terminal Server/Metaframe(Thin client). You can publish your application through an internet browser, or use a WAN/LAN to connect to the server.


HTH
Wayne