Re: Db synch - need advice

Although I would tend to agree in theory with you, (and it was my first
reaction), I would like to point out that I can say 'Won't work' quicker
than you can spell Ipad or even :) amongst the reasons is the fact that they
are not connected all the time in the area where they operate internet
access is still far from being guaranteed at a decent speed. And the last
thing I want to hear from this client is 'they are not using it because it
is too slow'

So thank you for the bit of advice but no thanks

On 8 January 2011 19:22, Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com> wrote:

> On 1/8/2011 1:26 AM, Didier Gasser-Morlay wrote:
>
> Now the sales manager wants each sales each sales person to have a netbook
> with a copy of the /subset/ of the client database he deals with, (in total
> around 20 tables) along with his agenda etc ... during the week, whilst
> travelling from client sites to client sites, the sales person can write
> reports about his visits (these are indexed in the database), amend the
> client/prospect database (add contacts, amend contacts, add notes ....)
> upon his return to the head office, the sales person 'plugs' his netbook to
> the network, press the 'synch' button and pooof all by magic all changes
> made locally are merged with the central database, taking into account any
> changes made to the central database. Once this merge process is finished,
> the sales person netbook is refreshed with a copy of the new database
> fragment he deals with.
>
>
> Your sales manager should get acquainted with something called "the
> Internet". The sales people should only log into the website providing
> service, instead of carrying the database around. Also, they shouldn't be
> carrying "notepads", "laptops" or any such contraption, they should be
> carrying iPads. Make sure to spell it right, "iPad" is not the same as
> "iPod". Your sales manager has a lot to learn.
>
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> Sr. Oracle DBA
> 1500 Broadway
> New York, NY 10036
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>
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