Multiple users, mixed OS accessing single Valentina DB - newbie alert

Tim Davis timdavis at amug.org
Wed Sep 24 17:07:37 CDT 2003


Mike,
    Valentina 2.0 is client server capable. The test alphas are 
available on their website. I've been using V4RB/VServer in client 
server situation for a few months now and currently have several Mac 
and Windows client users.
Tim Davis

> I would like to have a single database file shared by multiple users.  
> I am
> currently using V4RB.  I would eventually like them to access the file
> through the network have one user on a MAC and the other on a WIN32 
> box.
>
> Is this something that can be done with Valentina?   I ask this 
> because of 2
> things I've noticed.  Whenever I have ViSQL open and am looking at my
> database while I am developing, and I try to run my program to debug
> something - I cannot open the database.   Then I realize "Oh yeah, I 
> have
> ViSQL open" I shut it down ViSQL and  my app, restart my app and 
> everything
> is fine again.   The other thing I noticed was there seems some 
> mention of a
> SERVER version and I suppose a CLIENT version?   Is there a massive 
> rewrite
> in my future to accomodate multiple users?  Or is this a fairly 
> seamless
> fit, switch PlugIns and I'm off and running...



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