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Doesn't anyone have any ideas? It's pretty important and I really would like an alternative to what I've come up with.
I have to read data from a text file created Via web form. With the help pf this board I figured out my reading problem. No I have one more that I'm not sure exactly the best way to fix it.
The web form creates the file, my app will read that file and dump it into a database. The user needs to be able to edit the data, as well as add records, via my app. Then, they need to be able to write back to that file. That part is simple and I have working. The issue is this. the user(s) may have done changes or added records via the Web form. I need to be able to figure out has the newest info, which records have been added etc; And dump all this info into the database and file. I've got an idea but it's not very elegant. I thought, before I do a bunch of work and start changing the web form, file format and database that I would pose the question to the group. Any ideas on the best way to do this? The more ideas the better. Thanks everyone.
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The only thing I thought of was adding a transaction code to the Web file or maybe a timestamp field when last changed. Then use this field to do your processing.
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yeah. that's about all I've come up with. That will mean reading the file all over again :-( Thanks.
