Hi all, i've sent a similar email earlier last week, i got some good feedback, however, i would like to get more feedback before i start designing my application.

First of all, the application can be written in any of the following programming languages: C/C++ using ODBC, JAVA using JDBC, or Perl using DBI/DBD. I can't use Java servlets. I would prefer either java or perl.

Anyways, i need to write a socket that would act as a middle man in a three tier client/server setup. The socket would accept data from a client, process it, and then send it to the database server to be stored. The server would then send some info back to the client via the socket. Both the client and server are running on unix, the server has the JDBC and DBI/DBD modules installed for the mysql database.

I haven't done anything like this before so i really need any help that you can provide. Any recommendations on how to implement the system or good websites or books would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and i'm still a newbie in java and perl :-) but i'm extremely good with C/C++. However, most of you prefered java last time i sent this email since it's client/server implementation is the easiest and it's got tones of libraries to play around with.

Thanks alot, your help is greatly appreciated .

Ahmed