RE: [Phpgroupware-developers] phpgroupware and coldsync

[Brian Johnson]

I still need a table for each conduit to map phpgw records to palm records
for each user

So, I'd still need access to a database (but it needn't be the phpgroupware
one) or to a flat file (I think the database table would be faster)

Although this sounds like a plausible solution for the interaction with
phpgw (instead of direct SQL queries) I don't think I have time to
implement/figure it out right now

I could provide explanation and assistance for anyone looking to modify the
conduits to this type of system - I am particularly interested in accessing
the ACL to provide multi-user record sharing on the Palms




> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
> Brian Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 4:18 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [Phpgroupware-developers] phpgroupware and coldsync
>
>
> I guess my original reply went straight to you, not the group
>
> As our private dialog has progressed, this concept seems very
> plausible,
> especially if a 'wrapper' php file can be made to run from
> the command line
> and include the phpgw functions - is anyone able to do this?
> We'd start
> with the memo app first since it includes the least fields
> (from a sync
> standpoint, it is the easiest).  And we'd need access to the
> categories as
> well
>
> Basically, I need a way to access the phpgw functions from
> perl - I don't
> know how to do this but it must be possible.  If we can
> 'include' the native
> phpgw files instead of copying and modifying them, upgrades
> will be easier
>
> Could someone confirm that this concept will access the
> phpgw_acl and list
> all of the memos (for instance) that is readable by the user
>
> Can I trap a write error if the user is unauthorized to write
> to a category
> so that I can reroute it to another category (so that records
> aren't lost)?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Borges [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:33 AM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> > Subject: RE: [Phpgroupware-developers] phpgroupware and coldsync
> >
> >
> >
> > About data sync problems.....
> >
> >
> >
> > Kay, my phpgw deployment has been thoroughly tweaked so as to
> > sycnronize
> > certain aspects of the whole thing (such as addressbook+users+email
> > servers+virtualhosts+mailinglists+true global preferences).  This is
> > done in a command line (thats important for me), and so, traditional
> > phpgwapi programming is out of the question (as is in your
> > problem -palm
> > sync)
> >
> > I was reading the whole thread on this and, at seeing the kinds of
> > troubles you can get for directly manipulating tables, i decided to
> > share with u guys the way i did it for thease other things,
> so then u
> > guys can decide if this is relevant to the particular
> > technique you are
> > using for palm-sync.
> >
> > 1.- General rule.
> >     Since we are modifying stuff in the addressbook, one
> > can get nervous
> > about directly manipulating the tables (on by oneself
> modifying the db
> > schema, or a thourough change the next release will kill your
> > work). So
> > what i did was the next 'better' thing.... i copied
> > class.contacts_sql.inc.php to a directory (call it
> > stepone-sync-tool/inc) and modified it so it could be used on the
> > command line. Same goes for class.preferences.inc.php ....
> >
> >     Course, if the api changes or the table layout or
> > schema changes, ill
> > end up re-porting class.contacts.inc.php...etc...but one
> thing is just
> > getting the next version to work under the command line
> (php cgi) and
> > another to go through all sql statements  to reflect changes.
> >
> > 2.- um....same as 1 but with the preferences..... so, couldnt
> > calendar/notes/todo be done the same way?
> >
> > Or wouldnt it help?
> >
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
>
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