[Vtigercrm-developers] How to sync local SQLite database in mobile and Server side Vtiger mysql database
Ola Sikström
ola.sikstrom at creativetools.se
Thu Jul 26 05:33:20 PDT 2012
Hi again,
I have updated my old bug report regarding the problems with vtws_sync.
http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/7456#comment:5
There should be enough information in the report now, for someone who
knows his way around the vtiger-source code, to solve this.
Thanks!
2012/7/25 Ola Sikström <ola.sikstrom at creativetools.se>:
> 2012/7/25 Vikas Jain <vikas at vtiger.com>:
>> Set $user=false by default in the vtws_sync definition should solve your
>> problem.
>
> But then is_admin() will return false, and I can't do an application
> sync, which is what i wanted in the first place. Or am I missing
> something?
>
> If i'm already modifying stuff i could remove the is_admin-test as
> well, which would probably solve it. I might do this to get things
> working, but an official solution would of course be preferable.
>
>>
>> On 25 July 2012 17:14, Ola Sikström <ola.sikstrom at creativetools.se> wrote:
>>>
>>> A little correction to the last mail:
>>>
>>> I do get different results based on if i'm admin or not - just not the
>>> expected result
>>>
>>> admin:
>>> returns entities owned by current user
>>>
>>> not admin:
>>> returns nothing at all (except for some php warnings): normal
>>> 200-response, but no json-data
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/7/25 Ola Sikström <ola.sikstrom at creativetools.se>:
>>> > That sounds great indeed, but unfortunately I can't get it to work.
>>> >
>>> > I actually see no difference to the result at all, if i pass
>>> > syncType=application.
>>> >
>>> > I can see in the code for vtws_sync that it should throw an
>>> > ACCESS_DENIED error if I am not an administrator. Even though i am not
>>> > an administrator i do not get this error, but I still don't get any
>>> > data other than my own.
>>> >
>>> > I have tried using an admin account as well, but get the same results.
>>> >
>>> > I did submit a bug report on this, as you may have seen:
>>> > http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/7456, although I think
>>> > I understand the problem a bit better now. I suspect this is related
>>> > to a php-warning, as mentioned in the bug report:
>>> > Warning: Missing argument 4 for vtws_sync() in
>>> > /mnt/data/www/html/vtigercrm-5.4.0/include/Webservices/GetUpdates.php
>>> > on line 14
>>> >
>>> > This indicates that the user is not passed to the function at all.
>>> > Either that, or the user is passed as the third argument, which is in
>>> > fact $syncType.
>>> >
>>> > This piece of code, from vtws_sync, strenghtens my belief that this is
>>> > the case, ie user is passed in place of the syncType argument, and
>>> > user is left empty.
>>> >
>>> > $applicationSync = false;
>>> > if(is_object($syncType) && ($syncType instanceof Users)){
>>> > $user = $syncType;
>>> > } else if($syncType == 'application'){
>>> > $applicationSync = true;
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > This means that the syncType argument never gets passed to vtws_sync.
>>> > If you want my opinion, the problem that the above snippet tries to
>>> > solve should have been solve in the calling function. This just makes
>>> > obscure code in my opinion.
>>> >
>>> > Is this perhaps fixed already in the development branch? If you have
>>> > any fixes for this, would it be possible to get a patch?
>>> >
>>> > 2012/7/25 Vikas Jain <vikas at vtiger.com>:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> You can use vtws_sync for synchronizing entities across the
>>> >> application. In
>>> >> 5.4.0 we have added another parameter 'syncType'
>>> >> which lets you control the type of synchronization i.e. user level or
>>> >> application level. Pass value as 'application' to this parameter.
>>> >> I apologize for not updating the wiki document. Let us know if this
>>> >> helps
>>> >> you.
>>> >>
>>> >> On 25 July 2012 01:50, Ola Sikström <ola.sikstrom at creativetools.se>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The sync-function only reports entities owned by the current user. I
>>> >>> think the best bet is to make a custom sync function, based on the
>>> >>> query function, and filter by modification date like Adam wrote.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have already investigated this a bit, since I have similar plans
>>> >>> (i.e. syncing data with other applications).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 2012/7/24 Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com>:
>>> >>> > On 24/07/12 05:40, ram prasad wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Please provide suggestions to start sync local database in mobile
>>> >>> >> with
>>> >>> >> the Vtiger mysql database.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > How about using the sync function in the webservices API?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > https://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Webservices_tutorials#Sync
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > HTH
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Al
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > --
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>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
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>>> >>>
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>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Regards
>>> >> Vikas
>>> >> Vtiger Team
>>> >>
>>> >> _______________________________________________
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Ola Sikström
>>> > Creative Tools AB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ola Sikström
>>> Creative Tools AB
>>> 035-77 77 893
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Vikas
>> Vtiger Team
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> http://www.vtiger.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Ola Sikström
> Creative Tools AB
> 035-77 77 893
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