Remote DB - best practices?

We have an application requirement that calls for a local running Windows
Froms application that will need to be connected to a central database over
the internet. Data volumes will be small but latency is a concern. My
first thought is to simply have a connectionstring to the remote db.
Another thought is to connect via web services. I'm thinking that WCF or
Remoting would be too much work.
Anyway, what is the best way? From a development standpoint? From an
operational durability standpoint?
Thanks,
TI think querying your databases using stored procedures via web services is
a good and secure way.
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"Tina" <TinaMSeaburn@.nospamexcite.com> wrote in message
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> We have an application requirement that calls for a local running Windows
> Froms application that will need to be connected to a central database
> over the internet. Data volumes will be small but latency is a concern.
> My first thought is to simply have a connectionstring to the remote db.
> Another thought is to connect via web services. I'm thinking that WCF or
> Remoting would be too much work.
> Anyway, what is the best way? From a development standpoint? From an
> operational durability standpoint?
> Thanks,
> T
>