David Emerson
davide at dalyn.co.nz
Thu Dec 18 12:48:08 CST 2003
Steve, Have you considered indirect synchronization using dial up instead of the web? Same procedure but I know it works because I have been doing it with a company for over two years now. There is information in the Microsoft replication white papers. Also, the four step process is done automatically by replication manager. All the user sees is that the synchronization is taking place. Regards David Emerson Dalyn Software Ltd 25 Cunliffe St, Churton Park Wellington, New Zealand Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205 At 18/12/2003, you wrote: >Martin, > >> FTP drop boxes? Are these folders on the IIS that the users would use to >work with DBs? << > >Yes. In my painful journey through the intricacies of Indirect >Synchronization, I've found that it's a four-step process: 1) User 1 >uploads changes to his replica to Drop Box 1 on an IIS Server; 2) User 2 >downloads from Drop Box 1 and merges changes with his replica; 3) User 2 >now uploads his own changes to Drop Box 2; 4) User 1 downloads changes >from Drop Box 2 and merges with his replica. > >In my initial, incomplete understanding of Indirect Synchronization I >thought that one could simply set up your garden variety FTP folders any >old place on the web, just so that each user had a different folder. The >bane of my existence has been that Replication Manager will not accept the >address of an FTP folder on the web as a valid location for a Drop Box. >There are still some other details I'm fuzzy on. This whole experience has >been fuzzy and frustrating. > >Regards, > >Steve Erbach >Scientific Marketing >Neenah, WI >920-969-0504