[FX.php List] A question about synchronization

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Are any of the connections ADSL or other asyncronous connections?

ADSL in particular has the ability to not let any traffic through if
more than 97% of bandwidth is used and there is traffic in both
directions.

ggt

2010/3/27 Chris Hansen <chris at iviking.org>:
> Bob,
>
> Could you set up a script that runs periodically (say every half hour) and
> uses the import script step (pointing at a PHP page that serves as an XML
> data source)?  Would you even need to use the VPN for that?  I know that
> sometimes outgoing traffic is allowed even when incoming is not...  Just a
> thought.  Personally, I really like import XML as a tool.  Best,
>
> --Chris
>
> On Mar 26, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> OK, so now I've done an end-around in the saga with servers and the VPN.
>> I've got a little database running on server A, and the main database
>> running on server B. Now that the little database is in the LAN with the web
>> server, it works fine (as I expected).
>>
>> Here's my latest challenge: how to get the records from database A on
>> server A into database B on server B.
>>
>> I can have a script triggered when someone is in the database--that works
>> fine. However, my wish was to have some sort of synch script run after every
>> transaction.
>>
>> Jimmy Jones suggested doing it all in PHP--write to database A, then take
>> the same data and write to database B. The problem though, as you guys know,
>> is that the WPE can only connect to a single database server.
>>
>> Does anyone have a method for doing something like this? Other than having
>> a script run when someone does something in the database, any other ideas? A
>> server-scheduled script won't do it either, since server A doesn't "know"
>> about server B, even though the 2 databases are tied together with a
>> relationship.
>>
>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions
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