From my experience, I see the opposite. I once had to write a service that
downloads documents automatically at intervals from an FTP server, and
handling all of the errors in the process took me weeks to write. FTP does
no parity checking, uses no checksums, and dropped packets are a regular
occurrence.
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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
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"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
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> HTTP transfers seem to be a bit more susceptible to glitches from my
> experience.
> Also, with advanced FTP functions you can resume interupted file
> transfers.
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
>
http://SteveOrr.net
>
>
> "RayAll" <RayAll@microsft.com> wrote in message
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>> What do you mean by reliability?
>>
>> Thanks
>> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
>> news:OIbFP22HFHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> FTP is a bit more reliable and efficient, especially for larger files.
>>> It also allows finer grained programatic control.
>>> However, it tends not to be quite as user friendly.
>>>
>>> --
>>> I hope this helps,
>>> Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
>>>
http://SteveOrr.net
>>>
>>>
>>> "RayAll" <RayAll@microsft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OZmZNu2HFHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>I am using HTTP to upload files to a database ,I'm just curious if I can
>>>>do
>>>> it through FTP too and what would be the advantages and disadvantages
>>>> of
>>>> these two method?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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