Stan,
Re the first paragraph. Not quite. The Internet version uses one's standard browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) in lieu of proprietary software.
The value of db Express is that one doesn't normally have to download voluminoud data, but instead one can retrieve a subset almost instantaneously and view it in one or more ways.
One of the points in my previous posts was that, as far as I can see, this is of dubious value where the data set (i.e. number of records) is not large, as is the case with most customers' telephone bills.
I then went on to remark that even when the data set is normally large enough to warrant using db express instead of downloading the records, the data binding feature in the just-out 4.0 browser generation allows a user (using a standard browser) to retrieve the first view on-line, and while viewing it, the actual data can be downloaded to the PC for susequent non-Internet connected data manipulation. Remember, you don't have to beconnected to the Internet to make use of your browser.
What it still comes down to, in my mind, is that I have yet to see or hear someone make a business case for this product. It may exist, but it's not obvious, at least not to me.
Steve |
