Thanks for that idea Mike! On Aug 23, 2017 10:07 PM, "Mike Bonner via use-livecode" < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> If things don't work as well as you like, and you decide to go with > sockets, (and you are ok with running a small server process) chatrev is > cool, is already built, and should be easy to modify to do what you want. > (Its already set to distribute messages from clients to the server then out > to the rest of the clients who are attached) You'd just need to adjust > what you want it to do with the messages... > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > i understand. Thats exactly what I am I am going with ease of > > implementation. > > > > the list of files would be obtained using "the files" function of > livecode > > ..... from a mapped drive on a LAN. > > > > Thats what I am thinking......... it should all be ok ...... i hope the > OS > > caches to memory the folder lists that are most often read. > > > > I'm gonna give it a shot using this file system method rather than > another > > database. > > > > my problem is being able to stress and scale test my system ..... i just > > don't know how to simulate network conditions ... it all works perfect > with > > 10 people on 2 machines........but after that .....who knows...... i'm > > gonna find out thats for sure. > > > > Thanks for everyone's input. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > > So you would be using sockets to send a list of 1 or more file names > > > (notifications) across the network to other computers? > > > > > > If so, I am not sure there is any significant performance difference > > > than having the notifications in a database. > > > > > > The only practical difference may be the ease of implementation > > > depending of your expertise with SQL databases or not. > > > > > > Since I assume it is your application that will received file lists > from > > > other computers and write them to a user notification folder as well as > > > fetch 'the files' from that folder to check for messages, I don't think > > > you could ever run into any issues where the directory is being written > > > to at the same time it is being read. Even if, the OS essentially > > > handles that for you. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/hI4G8NOrME9mw6gmqg5QqA~~/ > > AAGp3AA~/RgRbf2ZPP0EIACzK-jOm_mFXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQd > > oZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAzzKeWXglR4hSHXVzZS1saXZlY29 > > kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQ1aHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnJ1bnJ > > ldi5jb20vbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby91c2UtbGl2ZWNvZGVHAnt9 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode