Don't know if pcAnywhere has an API you can hook into but we do it with a
DOS based coms system using db files and in-house applications. With any
replication scheme you need some mechanism to deal with conflicts. You
could use Midas and Client datasets. You could roll your own scheme - as
we have done (because the replication is one-way). You could have a look
at the Interbase replication engine if you use that. Or MS SQL's. Even
Windows Briefcases may be possible - which in conjunction with Access will
give you fairly basic conflict resolution.
"Patrick Dunford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/05/99 23:23:14
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Subject: [DUG]: pcAnyWhere & Remote Updating of Databases
Has anyone done a project like this?
Is pcAnyWhere limited to downloading the complete database files and
uploading them so a program on the server can synchronise, or is it a bit
more sophisticated than that/
How do you synchronise say three remote clients that all dial in at
different times and might have all changed the same record since they last
downloaded?
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