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client/server architectures in which the user interface runs on the client and the database is stored on the server.

Refers to client/server architectures in which the user interface runs on the client and the database is stored on the server. The actual application logic can run on either the client or the server.

Source: Webopedia (Two-tier)

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Using VCL for the web (intraweb) as a trick for adding web interface to a legacy non-tiered (2 tiers) Delphi win32 application does make sense?

My team is maintaining a huge Client Server win32 Delphi application. It is a client/server application (Thick client) that uses DevArt (SDAC) components to connect to SQL Server. The business logic is often "trapped" in Component's event handlers,…
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How to combine pulgins for the same resource?

I am working in the logical architecture of a project that receives some info from users and processes it. One of the requirements is to expose an interface for external developers to add further functionalities. So far I have proposed a MVC 2-tier…
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Is there a best practice on how to connect to a SQL Server database from a 2-tier application?

I'm developing a desktop client application in wpf and I want to put my database which I currently have in Access on our SQL Server instance. I don't think it's a good idea to use windows authentication, because then every user should be added to…
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Oracle JDBC Tutorial - Want to understand 2 tier JDBC vs 3 tier

I am reading the oracle JDBC tutorial here - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/overview/index.html Please refer to Figure 2: Three-tier Architecture for Data Access. It says that - In the three-tier model, commands are sent to a "middle…
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Is a simple ASP.NET site using SQL Server known as 2-Tier Architecture?

Lets say I have a simple web application built in C#, which includes a few aspx pages and a web.config file that includes SQL Server database details. Some of the aspx pages will call stored procedures from the database - either SELECT or INSERT…
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Software Design: Tier 2 Application with ClientDataSet and Sockets

I have the task to create a tier 2 application as follows: MSSQL Database <-> Server <-> n-Client (n for many) The client sends data to the server. The server selects stuff from the database and then sends it back to the client. Currently I am doing…
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Logging into Peoplesoft App-Designer in 2 Tier using LDAP authentication

I have a database with LDAP login enabled. It works fine when logging in through the PIA or when logging into app-designer through the application server. I need to make app-designer allow me to login with 2-tier mode using LDAP authentication. Is…
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Can we call firebase as a server?

I am using firebase for storing data through android application. I want to architecture diagram for that application, so can I call the firebase as a server? I am trying to use client server architecture, so for the server, I write firebase as…
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Coursework help:

I am writing a comparitive essay on two-tier and three architecture in terms of database applications. I would just like to confirm a few things. 2 tier is Client - Server 2 tier is Application on client - database on server. 2 tier implements…
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Would 2 tier be a valid choice for this scenario

Would 2 tier be a valid choice for this scenario: sql server database the business would never require more than a couple of hundred simultaneous connections to the shared database over a LAN the fact that (I believe) it is a lot less effort to…
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What are the security issues for exposing the database connection string at the client side for 2-tier applications

Recently I am doing an investigation for creating a multiple tier application. Every topic that I have read suggests that the 3-tier architecture is better than the 2-tier architecture because by exposing the connection string of the database at the…
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c# - Paramaters with ObjectDataSource Control

I have a 2-tier architecture, which means I'm working with Business Objects and DAL classes. My question is: how do you pass a value to the parameters of one of the functions in a DAL class. I'm working with a gridview (where I display essential…
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2-Tier Architecture (DataBase)

I was reading about the difference between the tiers of architecture (2 and 3). I got to know that the later was safer than the first. The 2 Tier poses security risks, a website said. I am unable to understand what security risks the 2 tier…
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