Gears is perfect for you IF your customers can use a supported browser.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:00 PM, carise <car...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, Gears can definitely be used to do this sort of thing. > > If you have a mechanism that can detect when the connection is > available, then when you can get the connection, you can begin pulling > data from the local Sqlite db and then do an Ajax POST to your server > which will read the data and store in Oracle DB. > > On Jun 4, 1:56 pm, Scott <imnotsc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have pretty much the same need. My users will export data from an > > Oracle DB (most likely using xml) and then travel to remote locations > > with no connectivity to perform inspections. They will need to record > > their findings with the application and then push the data back to the > > DB at a later time. We have a client/server application that was > > developed 15 years ago that does this now but this forces us to own > > the computer that is used for inspection. We would prefer to convert > > this application to something browser based so that the contractor can > > use their own equipment. > > > > Does this sound like the sort of thing Gears would be good for? > > > > On Jun 2, 6:08 am, RC <rwaci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I'm trying to decide if Google Gears will work for my project. > > > > > My client is a service business. The service person needs to enter > > > some data on their laptop when they don't have a web connection. When > > > they are in an area that will have connectivity, the data will get > > > replicated / uploaded to a MySQL database. > > > > > Can I create a web form that captures the data and stores it in an > > > SQLLite database offline, and when the user has connectivity upload > > > the data to the MySQL database? > > > > > Is Google Gears a good tool for this type of client server app? > > > > > Thank you. Your help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > > RC >
