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Web Services as Data Access Layer ? (Your thoughts please)

Hi!

I am new to web services. AFAIK, the advantages of using web services
are : interoperable, easy integration and reuse, text based protocols
and data formats - SOAP,WSDL,XML.

Also, I read this article:
http://www.theserverside.net/article...Top5WSMistakes
I agree with everything this article says. Is there anyone (or anylink)
which proves otherwise? I have read quite a few times about using web
services as data access layer, but somehow I am not getting - why ?

If I have to design a web based application using ASP.NET, accessible
only in an intranet environment. Is it a good idea to use web services
as data access layer ? For example: for a customer data entry screen -
I'll have web services like : getCustomerbyIDWS(),
IsCustomerUniqueWS(), AddCustomerWS(), UpdateCustomerWS() etc. It just
sounds to me like an overhead to use web services.

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards,
Rashmi

Nov 23 '05 #1
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