Stephen Barncard wrote:
Why bother with sync at all? That looks like a nightmare!
Because I need it.
Are all your workstations internet-connected?
No. Some of them are some of the time, but in general they're not. And it's not acceptable to be unable to make edits when they're not connected. I think any "delayed update" of a central database finishes up being equivalent to this problem - there is a small gain from being able to know that there is a single central "master" version, but it's a pretty small difference.
Why not create a MYSQL database and any number of clients made in Rev to talk to it. Most good ISPs offer it.
Yeah, all 3 of the ones I use offer MySQL (and CGI scripts if I needed that).
All data will be real-time - no copies needed. Very simple.
Simple, but not applicable. If enough of them were connected enough of the time, I'd probably do as you suggested, with a local cache inside the Rev app on each machine - but unfortunately that's not the situation I face.
Thanks anyway -- Alex.
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