Frequently Asked Questions
5. How SyncSmart handles collisions.
Q: how does SyncSmart handle collisions? What is a programmable method?
A: SyncSmart has three methods for handling collisions. The first two methodologies are accept and ignore. For the former, SyncSmart accepts the last update and synchronizes that value back to other users. For the latter, SyncSmart ignores the value and synchronizes the existing value on the server database back to the user that created the collision.
A programmable method is part of an object that a developer can insert code using ms visual basic, c++, PowerBuilder, or any programming language that conforms to Microsoft COM/DCOM. When SyncSmart detects a collision, processing is handed over to the collision resolution programmable method that the developer created. This means that application developers have no practical limits on their approach to resolving collisions
