Hi all, i'm trying to write a client/server application in which the clinet sends some information to the server, and then the server returns more info after processing the clinet's request.

The server has mysql installed with JDBC and also the DBD/DBI modules and is running on a solaris platform. I was thinking about writing a socket to handle the communications between the clinet and the server, or use RMI methods to handle the communications. What would you guys recommend? Plus, would it be better (and easier :) ) to implement it using java, or is it easier in perl?

I would greatly appreciate your help if you can send me the addresses of some good websites about this topic, and any sample code would be extremely helpful since i never wrote a socket or RMI program before :)

Thanks.

Ahmed