ATTN VISUAL BASIC programmers Basic help needed

[Tugend]

Hi guys,

I'm taking a visual basic class in school and I'm impressed by the ease of programming that this language affords. since I'm new I'm not sure of the limitations of this program.

Right now I'd like to create a standalone application.
This application must connect to an online database.
actions in the application must update the database
the application must be able to lookup values in the online database.
This application is not intended to run without an active internet connection as it will not run without the database.

Those are my objectives, can Visual Basic with the combination of SQL or any other database language do this? What program would I use to create the database? MySql? Where can I learn more about how to connect an application to a database?

On a side note is there anyway to integrate flash or any high level animation into an application?

Those are my basic questions.

Thanks for your time,
Tugend.

 

[BuckleDownBen]

Hi-
You are probably looking at an ASP project, with VB components on the server, and a browser based app on the client. There is a way to do this with VB on the client, but it never took off. I forget the name of the data objects used on the server.

However, all this will be moot with the release of VB.net, whose specialty (web services) is the situation you just described. There is a Beta available now. The product will be released in the first quarter of next year.

 

[hezaplaya]

I think it would be easier to use VB in conjunction with SQL on a microsoft access database..... not only is it insanely fast but its pretty easy too.......