Re: Simulating replication

From: "Sebastian Paul Avarvarei" <proteus@romus.com> > >I have this situation: a company has one central site and 8 local >offices. They want to upgrade their IT system and use Informix, >but the budget is low and they can't afford to buy 9 IFMX servers >with ER (not even at 2000 USD/Linux CPU). They mostly need to push >data from local offices to center. Locally they could use some >small DB (DBF, Delphi, Access, they're open to suggestions). The >applications are going to be developed in-house. 24h replication >interval is OK. Communication should be done via dial-up or leased >line with local ISPs. > >Can someone help with some suggestions of what can they do? For >example I was thinking about a "replication" done by Perl or PHP >scripts. The problem is that you will spend so much time and effort doing this, you will probably spend more money than if you just bought something that did it for you. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com