Re: bi-directional syncing help request

From: Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto(dot)d(dot)sera(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Paula Kirsch <pl(dot)kirsch(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bi-directional syncing help request
Date: 2013-08-09 14:36:19
Message-ID: CAKwGa_8jJpYM-n2d-=10wZC_sF6U3XeUPEceVvOEvQjQCPe5mw@mail.gmail.com
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sorry, half asleep and typing rubbish.
--all you need to do is switch master and slave so that "master" is the one
box you are currently on

On 9 August 2013 15:35, Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto(dot)d(dot)sera(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> if it's only you using it, all you need to do is switch master and server
> so that "server" is the one box you are currently on. If both boxes produce
> data at the same time you need a lot of work to manage row versioning.
>
>
> On 9 August 2013 15:27, Paula Kirsch <pl(dot)kirsch(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi. I'm looking for suggestions for the best solution to the following
>> situation.
>>
>> I have a database roughly 300 meg with 30 tables.
>>
>> For fieldwork, a copy is running on my mac laptop where I can pull up
>> information and add new entries.
>>
>> The data analysis and further development is done back at the office on a
>> copy running on a linux server.
>>
>> The development and analysis work often generates corrections on the
>> field data input and occasionally results in schema changes.
>>
>> As a result, the situation is bi-directional, so not a master-slave
>> replication situation and I'm not a professional dba. It is my personal
>> research data, so I don't have to worry about other users.
>>
>> My question is whether there is any recommended best practice for
>> bi-directional syncing (schema changes would only be one direction, but
>> data entries could flow both ways)?
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> (I have also posted this question to pgsql-admin)
>>
>> Paula
>>
>
>
>
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