On May 22, 2004, at 12:31 PM, nathanvi wrote:
In my office we have to share a databse (a list of addresses). A lot of people has a notebook. So my idea was: - a file.sqlite on the server in which all people can add, delete, select contacts - when someone have to go away, he can copy this file on his notebook and modify it when he is outside office
The problem is when he return in office because i would like the copy and the original in the server are syncronized... Is it possible? Is there an utility which does it?
I don't know of any utility that does synchronization, but I do know that synchronization is not a simple problem. You have to make rules for conflict-resolution when source and target are different, and just looking at the modified date stamp might not be enough. For your specific problem you might be better off with a tool suited for something like this... Palm Desktop or other such address book type programs come to mind. A database may not be the best tool for such a thing. That said, of course, one could create a program that does such a synchronization, but it may not be worth the trouble.
Sorry for no encouraging answer vis a vis SQLite.
Agree that syncing is not an easy problem... Apple iSync, on Mac Os X, can handle syncronizing the Address Book between different machines, as well as different devices. I use it to manage the same list of addresses on my desktop (used by Mail and other applications) and my Treo palm os pda phone. Pretty nice...
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