On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:13 AM, meerkat <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I mean insert the data from the server db to the local db that Gears is > using.
You can do that so long as the main page is up and running. If the user chooses to 'quit the app', it stops happening. > > meerkat > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dinh Ba Thanh > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gears-users] Re: workers > > > > What do you mean by background sync? From what I understand, workerpool API > only can do background work if you stay on the page. As soon as you move to > another page/reload the page, the workers stop. > > Best Regards, > > Dinh Ba Thanh, Jason > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:36 PM, meerkat wrote: > > > Thanks for that. > > How do you do background syncs then of data on a page? > meerkat > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Michael Nordman > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [gears-users] Re: workers > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM, meerkat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I have a series of workers inserting data from a mysql db(via JSON) > > into the gears sqlite db. This works fine when the user is online and > > remains on the calling page. > > > > Do the workers continue, once they have been instantiated, even if the > > user moves away from the htm page on which they were started? > > > > Workers shutdown once their containing page goes away. > > > > > > I am trying to work out how to do one way background syncs of data > > from server to the local db without user intervention. > > > > Insights welcome. > > Meerkat > > > > > >
