Running an "offline" version of mysql
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:00 pm
I've been asked to take a php/mysql web app and somehow make the database available to the client on their laptop, when they don't have an internet connection.
They want some sort of Windows front end for editing the data. Not simply the control center, since the client isn't very computer literate. Something more like Filemaker.
Even worse they want to be able to merge the "offline" database back into the online database, which probably has changed since "offline" version was captured.
Anyone have any ideas...preferably something pre-canned and quick to implement, since the boss believes "this is a simple task and shouldn't take more than an hour or two to throw together".
I'm leaning towards just intstalling the whole web app on their laptop (apache/mysql/php), but I have no idea how to merge the data.
They want some sort of Windows front end for editing the data. Not simply the control center, since the client isn't very computer literate. Something more like Filemaker.
Even worse they want to be able to merge the "offline" database back into the online database, which probably has changed since "offline" version was captured.
Anyone have any ideas...preferably something pre-canned and quick to implement, since the boss believes "this is a simple task and shouldn't take more than an hour or two to throw together".
I'm leaning towards just intstalling the whole web app on their laptop (apache/mysql/php), but I have no idea how to merge the data.