Database in Openpetra.Now

joejoe2010

Hi everybody,

I read that with HTML5 it is possible to use local databases (on the client side).
So I've been wondering if this mechanism couldn't be used in Openpetra.Now: A local database could be used as cache if a user is connected to an Openpetra-server using Openpetra.Now.
If then the internet connection breaks the data he entered before saving a window wouldn't get lost but saved in the local cache. Later on, when the internet connection is back, the client could send the data to the server.

How is Openpetra.Now realizing this scenario at the moment?

I read on http://creativepark.net/1191 that local databases aren't supported yet by all browsers. So this definitively should be considered.

What do you think,
Joejoe

pokorra

Hello Joachim,

I should write a clean description of OpenPetra.Now soon.
It is not based on Browser technology, that would take even more time, and would not be available now...

We are working on replacing .net remoting with http, that means that the communication between server and fat client works through http. This is unrelated to OpenPetra.Now.

Regarding offline functionality, I personally think that is too complicated. You would need to sync new partner keys, or even financial things, between several versions, in a multi user environment. And in an increasingly mobile world, people tend to be online all the time anyways.

Timotheus