We have an app for that. (Sorry could not resist...) here:
http://www.web2py.com/appliances/default/show/18 It is getting pretty old but should outline the basics using xmlrpc Cheers, Chris On Apr 11, 8:44 am, José Luis Redrejo <jredr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I've volunteered to develop an application a NGO needs. > This organization has volunteers that will go to different places that > have a workstation or laptop without Internet connection. There, they > will fill some forms using the application. > When a laptop is available they'll return home with the laptops and > will connect to Internet. > > The NGO needs to have a centralized database. My intention is using > GAE for this. So the laptops must be able to sync with the central > database: > sending the data they have collected and recovering the data other > users have sent. > > I've thought of doing exactly the same application, running locally > with sqlite, and syncing with GAE when an Internet connection is > available. I will have to replace the database id fields with uids to > avoid duplication of keys between the volunteers. I would not like to > reinvent the wheel for the syncronization, and I do think that someone > else have had to deal with the same kind of problem before. > > So, what can you recommend me? > Any advice is very welcome. > > José L.
