[AccessD] "Faked" replication

Steve

If the client has Win XP Pro then they have an IIS system there.

FTP drop boxes? Are these folders on the IIS that the users would use to
work with DBs?

Martin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] "Faked" replication


> Mark and everybody,
>
> I appreciate the discussion this has generated, I really do. I've come to
the conclusion that no-one on earth had tried FTP drop boxes for Indirect
Synchronization...but I couldn't get a definitive answer!
>
> Mark, standard Microsoft replication doesn't appear to be an option any
longer UNLESS I can persuade my client that his far-flung employees come
back to the home office periodically to synchronize their database copies
with the master. I don't think he'll go for that. Telling him that he needs
an IIS Server on-site to accomplish Indirect/Internet Synchronization is
shaky for two reasons: 1) he won't want to pay for it, and 2) I've seen lots
of comments to the effect that it isn't reliable and isn't to be trusted.
>
> That blank record idea looked crazy enough to work at first...but it still
doesn't address the fact that these laptops aren't connected to a network
and my client doesn't have an IIS server.
>
> Arthur Fuller came up with a couple of fine acronyms for the situation in
which I find myself:
>
> TWPWNRIS: Time-Wasting Problem With No Revenue In Sight
> IIDSTQIT: If I Don't Solve This Quickly I'm Toast
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Erbach
> Scientific Marketing
> Neenah, WI
> 920-969-0504
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