Re: Is it bad to connect to a database via an applet?
jmDesktop wrote:
On May 15, 11:06 pm, Arne VajhHj <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
jmDesktop wrote:
On May 15, 10:42 pm, Arne VajhHj <a...@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
jmDesktop wrote:
I was trying to figure out how to connect an applet to a mysql
database. I only found very old articles on it. It seems no one does
this. So, now I am stuck. I want to write a game in an applet that
utilizes a database. I don't want to use Flash and php, which I keep
reading folks use. I want use Java. I just don't know the proper
design. Do I have a middle page, a servlet, that sits on the server
the applet talks to and that middle page talks to the server and
selects/updates the database?
Yes. It is bad to let the applet talk directly to the database.
applet----(HTTP)----web app----(JDBC)----database
is better.
See my reply to your other post for details.
Does the same go for using webstart? Any Java application (not just
applet) that connects over the Internet?
Yes.
The only half safe way is to have end user specific accounts on the
database.
And that is not good.
And it is still not good to have direct access from the internet to the
database server.
Is that middleware piece a "servlet"?
That web app can be anything.
If it is Java server side, then it will be a servlet (JSP is not
suitable).
But it could also be a PHP web app or anything else.
Arne
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