What are some of the uses of ODBC Socket Server?
There are two main markets that ODBC Socket Server caters to. The first market is Windows-only shops who are looking to extend their small XML databases so they can be accessed over a WAN where running Windows networking is not feasible and TCP/IP is their only option. For instance, if you want to enable employees to manipulate a MS Access database from a thick client running on their home PC’s, then you could use ODBC Socket Server and its COM client object (included in the distribution) in this scenario. The larger market consists of enterprises where different operating systems are used, or a different operating system is to be introduced. For instance, if you are developing a web application that needs to access a MS SQL Server database and are familiar with Perl, it is much easier (and efficient) to run Perl on a Linux or other UNIX operating system than Windows. By using ODBC Socket Server and its Perl client module (included in the distribution) you can easily achieve this integ
