Re: occasionally connected application design problem

2013-03-28 Thread Wallace Turner
>Yes, but can RavenDB replicate to SQL Server or SQL Server Express? Does it need to anyway? The OP stated '*probably SQL express databases*' which I'm assuming means he hasnt picked the database for both the front and back end (pls confirm) RavenDB would be highly suitable for this scenario. You

Re: occasionally connected application design problem

2013-03-28 Thread Greg Harris
Thank you people, specifically Corneliu and Dr Greg, I think that I have decided to use either Microsoft Sync Framework ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/sync) or a “roll my own” solution. My initial gut is feeling is that with the Microsoft Sync Framework I would be using a steam hammer to crack a nut

Re: occasionally connected application design problem

2013-03-28 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
Greg, Looks ok to me. In step 2 I would change to LastDownloadTime and LastUploadTime so you can run the two steps separately if you need to and keep separate times. Remember, the server is always passive, it should never care what a client has or did except for statistical or reporting purposes.