[Owncloud] Is it possible to open and write to places at the same time? No??

[Klaas Freitag]

Hey Karl,

On 23.11.2012 18:10, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen wrote:
>
> A back-end database connected to the Internet and accessible through SSL.
> Windows clients that connect to the database from their laptop
> computers and update the database in realtime.
Exactly, but I've said they need an application that lets the users do 
their job, and the app in turn connects a database to manage the data.

I'd suggest a simple, little webapp for your usecase that fills the data 
into the db, based on ownCloud. If further down the road somebody wants 
an Excel sheet create it based on a CSV data export - or better try to 
convince the one of better (read non-propietory) formats.
>
> But I like this ownCloud application and if possible I wish to use it
> in connection to MySQL on a web host with SSL connection.
Have you realised that ownCloud is also a platform which makes it really 
easy to write applications for specific usecases like this? If you do 
that, you get a lot from start on, for example all the user management, 
file management, ownCloud look&feel, SSL and such.

Here is the Getting Started for app development:
http://owncloud.org/dev/apps/getting-started/

Have fun,

Klaas

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>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen <karlarneg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello. Yes you undestand my problem. That link is very interesting.
>>> Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>> 2012/11/23 Alessandro Cosentino <cosenal at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hi Karl,
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure I understand. Perhaps, you want something like a
>>>> "collaborative real-time editor"
>>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor).
>>>> If yes, this has already been discussed in this mailing list. It looks
>>>> like
>>>> it's not practical without using technologies like node.js, which are
>>>> not in
>>>> the spirit of ownCloud.
>>>> Or did I miss something?
>>>>
>>>> Alessandro (zimba12)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Klaas Freitag <freitag at owncloud.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23.11.2012 14:19, Karl-Arne Gjersøyen wrote:
>>>>> Hi Karl,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have 4 different storerooms. And about 15 drivers with their own
>>>>>> truck.
>>>>>> Every driver have its own laptop with own cloud. When they take stuff
>>>>>> from the storage room they register it in a excel sheet. But the
>>>>>> problem is: Only the latest excel data is registered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Say that driver 012 take a 2 pallet form storeroom 1 and bring it to
>>>>>> storeroom 3. But at the same time driver 003 take 1 pallet from
>>>>>> storeroom 3 and bring it to storeroom 4. THen only the latest
>>>>>> registred data is synchronized. As you understand. They all share the
>>>>>> same document.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is an interesting problem, but I very much doubt that this is
>>>>> still
>>>>> in the scope of an excel document.
>>>>>
>>>>> For me that sounds like you're at the point where you want to start
>>>>> your
>>>>> first ownCloud app - or find somebody who does it for you. This kind of
>>>>> problem sounds too me as if it would need a little app.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>> Klaas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to do as every open document can be synchronized
>>>>>> wherever it is opened? today the latest saved document overwrite the
>>>>>> older one and data is lost.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help to explain how I can fix this error if possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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