Hi. I would do a simple read file,search database,input record script in perl and transfer the files using scp (ofcourse i asume this is in linux/unix)
put it all under cronjob and it should work fine. On the other hand i am sure others have better ideas:) /PM\ David Shields wrote: > > Hi, I was wondering if any of you clever people out there can help me. I > have a client with a problem I'm sure some of you have fixed in the past ... > > Client has 3 geographically separate sites, running same application (mine, > of course) and generating data on MySQL database. > Periodically (probably nightly), we want to push changes occurring on each > database into each of other 2 sites. Data volumes are low-ish (est max 5Meg > per database absolute worst case). Line cost is minimal (ADSL), and comms > issues I can work out just fine. > > This strikes me as a version of the multi-mysql-database replication > pattern, though sort of slow. Is replication setup acceptable, or are the > downtimes where databases are separate an issue, and is this using a > sledgehammer to crack a nut? > > The alternative that occurs to me (though it is a bit if a pain) is to > change my code slightly so each DB update query is written to a transaction > log at each site, and then manually apply each of these logs to the other 2 > databases. I can do this fine, but it seems a bit, well, crude. Plus the > overhead of protecting the logs, and of clearing them on successful completion. > > Am I missing something, or is there a better way ? Advice and > recommendations solicited and welcomed. > > David. > > (By the way, Mysql 3.23.38, app in php 4.0.5) > > Magic words: sql, database, query, abracadabra, butterscotch, nibble, > phong. (some of these are just *nice* words, you know ? ) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
