From: Morten O. A. <mor...@gm...> - 2008-11-16 21:23:45
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2008/11/16 Lee Patton <pat...@wr...>: > Hello Adam, > > Unfortunately, there is no simultaneous write option, nor is there a > non-destructive SQL DB export option. There is no workaround either. The > good news is that this functionality should be very easy to implement. The > bad news is that I don't have the time to do it. Anyone interested in > extending the SQL functionality of JabRef should have a look at the verbose > SVN log for "/trunk/jabref/src/java/net/sf/jabref/sql" (attached). > Additionally, I strongly recommend searching for "SQL" in the jabref-users > mailing list archive; the discussion there will give some insight into the > architecture. Lee, I might have time to address this. However, I have fairly limited experience with SQL. What would be the main changes that need to be done? I imagine that the most significant issue will be merging changes in memory with changes that might have been made in the database. We have some routines for merging external file changes, and these could probably be used with changes in a database as well, if we just import it into memory first. Is it possible to get a time stamp from the database, showing when the latest change was made? -- Morten |