On May 22, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Mario Ruggier wrote:

On May 22, 2004, at 7:47 PM, Puneet Kishor wrote:
On May 22, 2004, at 12:31 PM, nathanvi wrote:

In my office we have to share a databse (a list of addresses).
A lot of people has a notebook.
So my idea was:
- a file.sqlite on the server in which all people can add, delete,
        select contacts
- when someone have to go away, he can copy this file on his notebook
        and modify it when he is outside office

The problem is when he return in office because i would like the copy
and the original in the server are syncronized...
Is it possible?
Is there an utility which does it?

I don't know of any utility that does synchronization, but I do know that synchronization is not a simple problem. You have to make rules for conflict-resolution when source and target are different, and just looking at the modified date stamp might not be enough. For your specific problem you might be better off with a tool suited for something like this... Palm Desktop or other such address book type programs come to mind. A database may not be the best tool for such a thing. That said, of course, one could create a program that does such a synchronization, but it may not be worth the trouble.


Sorry for no encouraging answer vis a vis SQLite.

Agree that syncing is not an easy problem... Apple iSync, on Mac Os X, can handle syncronizing
..

yes, iSync can do it. I just wanted to stay platform neutral in my answer. The original poster might not have or want to use a Mac. Palm Desktop is free and does exist on both Macs and Windows, but afaik not on (Li|U)n(u|i)x or other OSes.



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