Re: bi-directional syncing help request

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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