FTP vs MYSQL for storing splash stack loading

[Shawn Blc]

Why not have the stores simply use a splash stack, the most recent version
is always on the server?   All the store needs is port 80 open.  Example:

go stack URL "
http://chum310.byu.edu/InClass/09-RevAndInternet/InternetLecture.rev"

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
wrote:

> Yes! Simply read the stack file as binary and save the result into a blob
> column. I do this with PDF forms. No need to store your PDF forms on disk!
> And you can always be certain you are using the most recent version of the
> forms (or stacks)
>
> So your splash stack can actually check the version in the table where you
> store the most recent version, (if you have a version number column)
> compare it with your existing version, and then replace the substacks in
> your app with the most current ones.
>
> This is all theoretical, you understand, but no reason why it would not
> work. You may have to encode the binary data first for transport over
> internet routers.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> > On Oct 24, 2014, at 09:44 , Jim Schaubeck <jschaubeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> > Our franchisor recently started blocking port 21 in our stores so I can
> no
> > longer FTP the most recent stacks to the computers in our stores.
> >
> > They will not block other ports so I wanted to know if there was a way to
> > use MYSQL db to download stacks vs FTP
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> > --
> >
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