Hi, Thanks for the shocking answers; I thought it would be easy to set up a server application :( It looks like I have to keep the files on local machines after all and still use Uffe Kousgaard suggestion.
>If you have 10 users, that update various parts of a database, then have a field called userid and give it a value from 1-10, depending on who modifies that part of the network. When you get the updates back from user 7, delete all records where userid=7 and then append the records from user 7, where userid=7. This even allows you to give the users a larger part of the database, than just the part they are going to update.< Why has MapInfo not developed an easy server solution??!! Regards Soren -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr�n: Lars V. Nielsen, GisPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 9 februari 2004 13:27 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] �mne: Re: MI-L MapInfo files on server Hi all, I'll add yet another concern to have in consideration: any standard MapInfo Pro will thrash any 3rd party setup since supporting intelligent TAB multi-editing is not natively supported by Pro (with proper locks etc.). To succeed one needs a stringent environment, in which every single client conforms to the multi-editing setup and abstains from using all the standard table opening and updating methods. Including all tools from various sources ! Unless one has few users and dilligent IT enforcers, the setup will break at some point. I think this comes under what Paul calls "Resilience". I know that Michel talks about MapX, and here its much simpler, but multi-editing is inherently more interesting to contemplate in a Pro environment. Don't know if v8 will come to provide the necessary mechanisms to implement record/table locking. Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ http://www.gispro.biz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10326
