Accessing Web Services from a Browser
One aspect of Web services that shows tremendous promise is the ability to access a Web service directly from an HTML page. A few lines of description cannot begin to convey the impact that this will have on Web applications. This ability will increase the flexibility of what is possible within a traditional HTML page. Instead of requesting an entirely new page from the server to perform an update, it's now possible to dynamically change elements on the HTML page with only a single Web service call. For example, a person could select one item in a drop-down box, and then have a Web service database call refresh the other elements on the page. It means validation of entries can be made directly against a database ...
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