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Desktop vs Web Application

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  • 17-08-2018 11:12am
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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭


    Not quite sure where this one sits so apologies from the off if I have the wrong forum.

    I have a desktop application that I use which writes to a database. There is a single write or read operation at any one time. I'd like to alter the application so that a number of users can use it at once. The way I've gone around this is by having the application on a single PC and sharing the drive location on that PC to other users but because there is only a single read/write operation allowed at any one time this slows it down.

    Is there a better way around this? Is it possible to create an "offline" web application or do I need to change the DB I'm working with?


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    Tweeter
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭Tweeter


    Just give each user a copy of the desktop application to install on their own PC


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    Tweeter wrote: »
    Just give each user a copy of the desktop application to install on their own PC

    They all need to be able to access the same DB though.


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    Tweeter
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭Tweeter


    That's just a matter of changing the connection string to the database which is probably setup currently to be localhost


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    A lot depends on what database is being used. Microsoft access doesn't really work well with multiple users.


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    srsly78 wrote: »
    A lot depends on what database is being used. Microsoft access doesn't really work well with multiple users.

    Yeah but it should be able to work with a handful of users?


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    Danger Fourpence
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Danger Fourpence


    Tweeter wrote: »
    That's just a matter of changing the connection string to the database which is probably setup currently to be localhost

    If the master database resides on a single machine then the connection string would need to be different for each deployment, no?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Danger Fourpence wrote: »
    If the master database resides on a single machine then the connection string would need to be different for each deployment, no?

    You could put an entry in the hosts file on each machine


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Danger Fourpence wrote: »
    Yeah but it should be able to work with a handful of users?

    I haven't tried access in a long time. You can just download a proper database for free instead. Then can use access as a gui with linked tables.


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