On 8 April 2013 15:29, Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan Bourke wrote on 2013-04-08: > > Still not seeing the upside of drive letters. What happens if some other > > vendor's application also wants drive F:? > > > > Store data and any other locations in a text file or database table and > > always use UNC paths IMO. > > > > Alan, > > I have seen slow response times accessing files in the UNC \\server\share. > I see better response when the data is deeper, such as > \\server\share\program. >
Same here. I suspect it's down to poorly configured DNS. Also, some people really don't understand UNC paths. I have a UNC path in my app for SQL database backups. It needs to be a UNC path as the server performs the backup, not the current user. So I put a big warning up if they enter a mapped drive. Guess what? They still choose a mapped drive and wonder why the backup doesn't work. -- Paul --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CADwx0++huWXn+BsVF46=6kbvk2-i-yguxmbo+jn7pso-hdq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
