Re: Which Database?

From: Ron <ron_at_oldegoodthings.com>
Date: 1998/09/04
Message-ID: <6sp1bn$tgf$2_at_camel21.mindspring.com>#1/1


What is "over-night polling?" And what kind of "synchronization tools" does Access have?

Tim Albion wrote in message <01bdd124$79109680$88190404_at_tima>...
>Rebecca Riordan <rebeccar_at_magna.com.au> wrote in article
><35e28aa0.0_at_news1.ibm.net>...
>> What is your communication strategy? Provided that works, I wouldn't
 have
>> any concern about Access/Jet, probably using a star replication topology.
 A
>> 50K record customer list is no big deal, and your transactions are low.
 Who
>> owns the customer list, are the users adding new customers that need to
 be
>> replicated?
>
>Each store will be polled each night. Long distance charges make direct
>connection
>a too expensive. (An interesting alternative suggested by Jerry Gitomer is
>to use the
>Internet to make the connection instead. This is to be further explored).
>
>Access's synchronization tools would be a definite bonus.
>
>The customer list and transactions are generated at each store and would
>need to
>be replicated. Pricing and some inventory control is done at Head Office.
Received on Fri Sep 04 1998 - 00:00:00 CEST

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