This is a hypothetical question, because I know the answer.

Does it (DWS) run on Linux?

While I am sure that when Kylix comes out you'll be able to get it running
for Apache, PHP is cross platform now, and is readily available on most
commercial web hosts.

Of course, that's not to say that you shouldn't get good Interbase modules
for DWS going, just that it might not be the best platform for this (the Web
Based DB RAD Tool) project.

Nick

> > To create an equivalent tool with native Interbase support. I personally
> > would probably use Delphi ( and of course Kylix when it's out ) to

develop

> > it so that both Windows and Linux platforms are covered. My first
> > suggestion of a scripting language would probably be PHP4 but I'm sure
> > others on this list may have experince with other scripting languages

like

> > DWS ( Delphi Web Script ) or PSP ( Pascal Server Pages ) but as PHP as

more

> > widely used it seems like a more logical alternative ( feel free to
> > disagree and point out the holes in my argument ).
>
> As I know DWS pretty well, I'll add some comments here...
>
> First: AFAIK PSP is frozen.. ( quote: <<This was an experiment in

dynamically

> creating Pascal source code form ASP-style pages. I've since frozen due to

the

> advancement of DSP and DWS .. both excellent candidates much more advanced

than

> PSP... but you may learn something from my messy code!>>)
>
> And now for DWS vs PHP:
>
> A common misunderstanding is that DWS = PHP for Delphi. And that's not

true. DWS

> was developed to simplify the building of ISAPI-Modules in Delphi. (Gain

the

> speed of native Delphi - code and the flexibility a scripting laguage

offers.)

> The (IMO) main feature of DWS is the ability to extend the scripting

language

> very easily. In order to get a new function in the scripting language, you
> simply drop a component on your ISAPI-module and write some delphi code in

the

> OnEval function. That's it.
> DWS also knows plugins (DLLs you may load at runtime) and Libraries (=

Delphi

> Components that cover many functions). (DWS 2 will also know true

OOP-scripting

> with procedures, custom types etc..)
>
> Furthermore DWS is not tied to HTML and webapplication development! (Some

guys

> are using it as scripting language to automate some parts of their

programs)

>
> In case you create an ISAPI module with lots of DWS-functions added, you

get a

> scripting language like PHP, that's true.. But as you already pointed out

PHP is

> much wider used..
>
> In summing up, I would follow your argumentation, but I'm also sure that

we will

> see a similar concept realized with DWS in future.. (Using Interbase as

main

> DBMS and IMO the IBOs for DB access)
> (AFAIK it is planned to develop a complete set of e-commerce

Plugins/Libraries

> for DWS (2).. and I'm sure that there will be some kind of development

tool for

> it..)
>
>
> HTH
> Willi
>