Re: Oracle database synchronisation with multiple "islands"

macaroni55_at_hotmail.com (Ger Moroney) wrote in news:7fdd6da1.0209171127.3d5cc362_at_posting.google.com:

> Hi,
>
> I am working for a customer who has a requirement for a software
> system which is proving to be a challenge - but an interesting one !
>
> The application accesses data on an oracle database and is to be used
> by management in the office and when travelling. When travelling,
> users will download a portion of the database and work in an "island"
> mode. When the users return to the office, there needs to be an option
> on the application to synchronise the data on the island with that on
> the database.
>
> With a number of users in the office and travelling, I'm debating with
> myself the best way to synchronise the data ? Should tables copied to
> a particular island be changed to read-only until resync'd ? How
> should I go about such a process ? Anyone got any idea if the RDBMS
> (Oracle 8.1.7) has some neat tools I could use to make this process
> slick ?
>
> Any advice about this one would be most appreciated !

Siebel s/w already contains this capability. Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 03:08:51 CEST