killerion wrote:

> I'm starting a new project with distributed servers, now my client
> will be using aproximately 40-45 different databases, one central DB
> with all the information in the main offices and then all the
> suboffices will have their own DB with just the information pertaining
> to its own local operation, I would have used just a single but the
> local conditions don't permit that since some offices don't have
> access to a permanent internet conection and will have to update the
> main DB by phone, either directly or through the internet while others
> do have access to broadband and will use the internet to update. Now
> what Ineed to now is how feasible is this with firebird and any
> suggestions on how to implement it...
>

Hi !

Use replication.

There is a number os different engines around.

IBReplicator
Copycat
Replicador-br

and so on....

Some are commercial, others open source.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br