Merge, combine & synchronise

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Posted by sub
2004-10-12 08:00:28

A sort query on the current state of the art in merging, combining & synchronising information databases of the type discussed here. Anybody who’s had practical experience on this and feel happy with a certain product? I find this kind of functions are useful in collaborations but also in personal work, i.e. keep separate files for projects and then merge them to a central database when they have been finalised.

Having had bad experience of synchronising in the past, I currently use copies of a single file, editing it only in one location. This becomes impractical though, especially with attachments.

Brainstorm has a useful merging feature with a good range of options. In terms of combining, IDEA! (enterprise edition) seems to offer the best as far as I know, being able to access several databases as one single virtual database, providing seamless searching and updating. Another complementary feature IDEA! has is to set an alternate path for attachments; this way one avoids getting dead links for files kept in different locations at home and office.

alx

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