Database synchronization application

Business Challenges

Today the problem of data actualization in the Internet becomes vital. All companies try to present their information in the Internet and update it in order to give on-line users the most latest news. Independent Free Papers Of America provide the catalogue of publishers together with distributed publications. All database information is managed and updated in the local office, but users want to see all the modifications online. IFPA has addressed our company with this task - synchronization of local and web-site databases.

System Functionality

The developed system allows the system administrator to maintain information stored in the web-site database and update it using local databases. The system also includes the searching capability for online users.

Administrative section:

• database creation and deleting;
• web-site database information editing;
• database update via dBase files.

Client section:

• Searching capabilities via several parameters;
• Viewing of detailed information on search results

Summary

The implementation of system gave IFPA the ability to edit and update large amount of web-site information practically in an easy manner without any delay. Web-site users obtained the convenient searching engine allowing them to set several search parameters and view the detailed information on any found item.

Used Technologies & Tools

• Database - MySQL
• Programming language - PHP
• Web-server - Apache
• Operating system - Linux