Re: FLASH: Business Practice

[Helen Triolo]

Cheri Harder wrote:

> 

> Theoretically, if a development firm creates a database that will be used for many web sites with various Flash and non-Flash front-ends, is the structure of the database something that the firm should divulge to the client?  I am arguing with myself on this one.  On the one hand, it is part of the application and as such, belongs to the developer.  On the other hand, the data that will initiallly populate that database might be better input by an export/import routine.  This routine would necessitate the knowledge by someone of the structure of both databases, so somebody must divulge the information, right?

> 

> I'm thinking that the structure itself ought to be released to the customer....any thoughts?

> 

Hi Cheri,


I agree that they should have it.  It would be helpful for them to know

that you've got all the right information in the database (at least I've

found that so for customers of mine in the past), the import/export

sounds like something they need, and it isn't giving away the store for

you.  (It's all that asp you wrote to control the database that adds

value, imo, and that they probably don't need to have).


Helen

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