Nano or shuffle as data storage

i would like to transfer digital photos on to a nano or shuffle
while i am in the field(away from computer). can i transfer photos
via a mini usb plug from camera to ipod device.
. if not what are the options for transfering photo files from camera to an exterrnal source without a computer.
thank you

Your camera would need to connect directly to the iPod via the camera connector.
The iPod camera connector requires a fifth generation iPod (iPod video) or an iPod photo (now called the iPod with color display).
It won't work with the nano or the shuffle.

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Can nano ipod be used as a separate data storage?

Can nano ipod be used as a separate data storage? if so then can any file be stored e.g. .doc, .jpg. Also does the PC need anything like software for the data files to be accessed and transfered. If it doesn't then that means file can be transferred computer to computer in a couple of minutes meaning the nano ipod can be used similary to pen drive.
nano ipod Windows XP

To tie together all the responses here:
You can picture the iPod as having two different personalities. One is the music player, and this is run through iTunes. The other is a data storage device. This is optional, and you have to turn it on via iTunes, but once you turn it on, you use it via Windows just like any other removable drive. If you have it set to the "split-personality" then the two sides really have nothing to do with each other. iTunes manages the music, Windows handles the data side.

Ipod as data storage?

i had an ipod nano before and it worked fine as data storage. but i don't see my ipod-touch when i open "my computer". i'm trying to carry some files that are not ipod-supported and access it somewhere else like a portable hard drive or a usb flash drive.

if i want to open a file at another computer, i'd need to install this software on that computer as this software does not have a function to allow my ipod to be accessed like a flash drive. i was hoping to open a file where the computer does not have any internet connection and that makes it impossible to open the file i want. not sure if you understand this. but thanks anyways.

My iphone 4 has no data storage. I have deleted all apps, music and texts and it still says I only have 1.9 GB available. There is nothing in my storage.

My iphone 4 has no data storage. I have deleted all apps, music and texts and it still says I only have 1.9 GB available. There is nothing in my storage.

The problem could be that you don't have enough storage on the device itself, not on iCloud. Go to Settings>General>Usage to see how much "Storage" you have available on the device. Farther down the list is the available storage on iCloud.
Also check:
Go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backups>Manage Storage; there, tap the device you need info on and the resulting screen lists Backup Options with which apps store data on iCloud as well. Tap Show All Apps to get the complete list of apps and MB used for backup storage.
A device needs many MB of storage in order to perform a backup to iCloud.
Also see: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847`

TREX - Configuring Distributed Slave with Decentralized Data Storage

I am creating a distributed TREX environment with decentralized data storage with 3 hosts. The environment is running TREX 7.10 Rev 14 on Windows 2003 x64. These are the hosts:
Server 01p: 1st Master NameServer, Master Index Server, Master Queue Server
Server 02p: 2nd Master NameServer, Slave Index Server
Server 03p: Slave NameServer, Slave Index Server (GOAL; Not there yet)
The first and second hosts are properly set up, with the first host creating the index and replicating the snapshot to the slave index server for searching. The third host is added to the landscape. When I attempt to change the role of the third host to be a slave for the Master IS and run a check on the landscape, I receive the following errors:
check...
wsaphptd03p: file error on 'wsaphptd03p:e:\usr\sap\HPT\TRX00\_test_file_wsaphptd02p_: The system cannot find the file specified'
wsaphptd02p: file error on 'wsaphptd02p:e:\usr\sap\HPT\TRX00\_test_file_wsaphptd03p_: The system cannot find the file specified'
slaves: select 'Use Central Storage' for shared slaves on central storage or change base path to non shared location
The installs were all performed in the same with, with storage on the "E:" drive using a local install on the stand-alone installation as described in the TREX71InstallMultipleHosts and TREX71INstallSingleHosts guides provided.
Does anybody know what I should try to do to resolve this issue to add the third host to my TREX distributed landscape? There really weren't any documents that gave more information besides the install documents.
Thanks for any help.

A ticket was opened with SAP customer support. The response to that ticket is below:
Many thanks for the connection. We found out, that the error message is wrong. It can be ignored, if you press 'Shift' and button 'Deploy' (TREXAdmin tool -> Landscape Configuration). We will fix this error in the next Revision (Revision 25) for TREX 7.1.

File path of open data storage

Hello all!
Now I'm using the blocks of open data storage, write data and close data storage for storing and extracting result data. For the file path issue, before I
set the data path by double clicking the "open data storage" block and inserting the file location in the indicated place, and that worked!
Now since I made a stand alone application of this program and shall use it in other computers, the file location I inserted in open data storage block isn't
valid any more in other PCs. So I modified my source code by connecting a "current vi path" to the open data storage block's file path node instead of
inserting it inside the block, and this doesn't work! During running there shows an error in the write data block saying that the storage refnum isn't valid!
I'm wondering why I couldn't specify the file path like this. Any way to allow me to specify the file path as the current vi path?
Thanks!
Chao
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You need to account for the path changes when built in to an application, have a look at this example.
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-4212
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Uploading to online data storage: Now cannot download songs into iTunes

Hello all.
I am not seeing this one on any FAQs, knowledge bases, or discussion boards yet:
I am doing my initial upload of files to SugarSync, a highly-recommended online data storage service. Since I started, I cannot download songs into iTunes, even from the iTunes Store.
On any new downloads from the iTunes Store, the song DOES appear in the Music library view but immediately after completing the download it shows the exclamation point warning that the file is not in its location. The new folders get created properly within the iTunes Music folder but the subfolder where the song should be is empty. Each time I had to write iTunes Support to get them to make the files available.
I can still add files manually, no problem. E.g., I can add *.mp3 or *.wav files or folders, I can convert them to AAC, etc. The glitch seems to occur only when automated loads into iTunes are operating.
As a test, I downloaded a song from Amazon. Here the problem was different but I could work around it manually. Normally the Amazon process loads songs automatically into iTunes, too. Here again, the download did create the proper folder in the iTunes Music folder, as it should, but this time the symptoms were reversed:
(a) the mp3 file WAS in its folder as it should be (w/the iTunes DL, the file was NOT there)
(b) the song did NOT appear in the iTunes Music view (w/the iTunes DL, the song DID appear)
(c) I was able to browse to the file and tell it manually to load into iTunes (w/iTunes I had to write Support and wait a day).
(I wonder what's the cause of the differences between the two cases.)
Strictly speaking, I can't PROVE the problem has anything to do with SugarSync (which otherwise seems good so far), but the DL problem started as soon as I started using it. Something in the SugarSync upload or file-monitoring process, or an odd thin gin iTunes, seems to be preventing automated, direct loads into iTunes. And since the data service runs in background, so it can monitor file changes, that might mean I can't buy music anymore! Obviously that would be a dealbreaker with SS. (I have contacted SS on this but they've not had fair chance to reply yet.)
1) Anyone else have this problem?
2) Is this permanent or just temporary while I am doing the initial upload?
3) Anyone know a solution?
(FYI, I am a highly-experienced user and otherwise quite handy with iTunes files, library moves, and backups. My library is entirely consolidated and all AAC.)
Thanks.
(Oh, and this occurred in both iTunes 8 and the new iTunes 9, so it seems unrelated to the upgrade this week.)

UPDATE 1. CHANGING BROWSER HELPED -- OR DID IT?
I called Apple iTunes Support, who said the problem is new to them. The technician's hypothesis was that something, perhaps browser-related, was interfering with the initial creation of a temporary file (which should go to the Recycle Bin) that instead causes the completed file to go to there.
He noted that iTunes, though not going through one's browser onscreen, does use settings within one's default browser. I use Mozilla Firefox, so we switched to IE as the default browser, restarted iTunes, and the song downloaded with no problem! Then I switched back to Mozilla, restarted iTunes, and it worked AGAIN with no problem!
(Dutifully I advised SugarSync, which is still investigating.)
UPDATE 2: ARTIST NAME CHANGE - SOME FILES GOT MIS-MOVED / MIS-CHANGED
Definitely something still wrong. This time some pre-existing song entries (not new downloads) lost their connection to their source file.
In iTunes, which manages folder names for artists and albums automatically, I corrected the spelling for an Artist, so immediately iTunes renamed the folder, and automatically SugarSync noted the change to be uploaded. While the changed folder name and all the songs within were still uploading to SS, in iTunes I saw exclamation points come up -- but only for some of them. Most files got moved or changed correctly, but several lost connection to their file (i.e., the file was removed for the original misnamed folder but never moved into the correctly-named folder). Weird.
Worse, in only some of those cases did I find the missing *.m4a file in the Recycle bin. (I had to retrieve old, original *.mp3 versions from another folder and re-import each into iTunes manually.) I've never seen iTunes have a problem managing an Artist rename until I started using the live SS process.
(I've reported this to SS and asked if there is a way to disable temporarily SS to see if that's the problem.)
[Note: I am willing to try downloads again but I am wary of trying to rename entire Artists (Folder) again. That was a lot of work.]
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UPDATE 3: SERIES OF TESTS - 1 FAILURE USING iTUNES
Still problem occurs, but not always. Today, I rebooted PC. I tried CD, iTunes, & Amazon. I varied having the browser open when using iTunes.
Here are the results of a series of attempts to download songs. "FAIL" means the file did not load properly into iTunes or loaded but lost its connection (exclamation point warning).
# Source Mozilla #Songs Result
1 CD Closed 1 OK
2 iTunes Closed 1 OK
3 Amazon Open 2 OK
4 iTunes Open 1 FAIL
5 Amazon Open 1 OK
6 iTunes Closed 1 OK
7 Amazon Open 2 OK
8 iTunes Open 2 OK
(I reported this to SS. Hoping they'll test and find the problem.)

Append value with Data Storage Vis

Dear,
I would like to use the Data Storage VIs to collect my data but I can't achieve my target.
I'm acquiring 1000 samples at 1kHz (N samples on demand) and I make the mean value of the samples. At the end of this proces I have a scalar value and the initial time at wich I have acquired the data. With this two I build a waveform and then I use the Write Data Storage Vi (TDMS) with "append" write mode to save my data.
When I read the Data Storage all the value have lost the time information. They start from 1.00.00,000 01/01/1904 and are equal spaced in time.
How can I keep the time information?
Thanks

Sorry totaly misread what you were doing.
You need to create ensure that waverform that is saved has the correct values for X0 and dx when you save it. Use the build waveform function to acheive this.
edit:
the default value for X0 is timestamp 0 (1904), use get datetimestamp at the very start of the cycle to get the correct value.
James
Message Edited by James W on 04-21-2010 01:06 PM

SR830 data storage for rs232

Hi,
I found a LabVIEW code here which can storage data from input signal (e.g.A/I)in SR830 and transfer it by the GPIB.
I used function generator to generate a sine wave with frequency:30Hz& Vp-p:100mVolt , conencting to SR830.
Clearly ,I got a correct result when i used the code by GPIB communication interface(left graph).
Than,I tried to change the communication interface RS232 to accept the same signal,but it has mistakes(right graph).
Here is original code "data storage for GPIB"
Here is rewrite code for RS232 by myself,but what's wrong i did?
Attachments:
SR830 DATA STORAGE EXAMPLE.VI ‏54 KB
scan test1.vi ‏43 KB

The SR830 expects three integer arguments (separated by commas) for the TRCA? query:
* i = 1 or 2 specifies which buffer to download from
* j >= 0 specifies the starting point
* k>=1 specifies how many points to download
If you know k, you can calculate the exact number of bytes in the response. For your code, which downloads 4000 points at a time, that will be something like 60 kB (if memory serves, the response in ASCII transfer mode is 15 bytes/value). Make sure that you're not hitting any timeout or serial buffer size limits with a transfer of that size.
Edit: You have your bitrate set to 9600 baud (1200 bytes/second) and a 10 second timeout. That will read 12 kB before timing out, or 1/5th of your transfer. The 830 supports baud rates up to 19,200, which will help, but you'll also need either a longer timeout or to transfer your data in smaller chunks.

OWA 2007 Issue : Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.VirusMessageDeletedException Could not get properties.

Hi I am facing an issue with Outlook web access on my production server Exchange Server 2007 with Sp1. When i try to reply or forward a message from OWA it displays The message has been deleted due to a virus threat . Kindly refer to the below error details. I have a box with all 3 roles installed I do not have an Edge Server . IO have installed Forefront on the same Box as my exchange Server.Below is the Detail of the error . Kindly Help
A virus was found in this message and it has been deleted. For further
information, please contact technical support for your organization.
Click here to continue working.
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Url: https://192.168.7.12:443/owa/forms/basic/BasicEditMessage.aspx?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&a=Reply&id=RgAAAACFMIZq8d7LTqcPs%2bRZA5g%2bBwBDDZWeCojSQZ1bZZ7Ga%2fkWAAAAeCc6AABDDZWeCojSQZ1bZZ7Ga%2fkWAA5iTbjpAAAJ
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User: Munendra Pal Gangwar
EX Address: /o=First Organization/ou=Exchange Administrative Group
(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=mp_gangwar
SMTP Address: [email protected]
OWA version: 8.1.336.0
Mailbox server: PFCDELEXCH01.PFCDOMAIN
Exception
Exception type: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.VirusMessageDeletedException
Exception message: Could not get properties.
Call stack
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MapiPropertyBag.GetProperties(IList`1
propertyDefinitions)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectPropertyBag.InternalLoad(PropertyDefinition[]
properties, Boolean forceReload)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectPropertyBag..ctor(StoreSession
session, MapiProp mapiProp, Origin origin, PropertyDefinition[]
autoloadProperties, Boolean canSaveOrDisposeMapiProp)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.StoreObjectPropertyBag..ctor(StoreSession
session, MapiProp mapiProp, Origin origin, PropertyDefinition[]
autoloadProperties)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.Item.InternalBindItem(StoreSession
session, StoreObjectId itemId, Byte[] changeKey, ItemBindOption
itemBindOption, PropertyDefinition[] allPropsToLoad)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.Item.InternalBind[T](StoreSession
session, StoreId id, ItemBindOption itemBindOption,
PropertyDefinition[] allPropsToLoad)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.Item.InternalBind[T](StoreSession
session, StoreId id, PropertyDefinition[] allPropsToLoad)
Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.Utilities.GetItem[T](StoreSession
storeSession, StoreId storeId, Boolean forceAsMessageItem,
PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties)
Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.Utilities.GetItem[T](UserContext
userContext, StoreId storeId, Boolean forceAsMessageItem,
PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties)
Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Core.Utilities.GetItem[T](UserContext
userContext, StoreId storeId, PropertyDefinition[] prefetchProperties)
Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Basic.EditMessage.LoadMessage()
Microsoft.Exchange.Clients.Owa.Basic.EditMessage.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean
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Inner Exception
Exception type: Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionVirusMessageDeleted
Exception message: MapiExceptionVirusMessageDeleted: Unable to get
properties on object. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1294) Diagnostic context:
Lid: 18969 EcDoRpcExt2 called [length=479] Lid: 27161 EcDoRpcExt2
returned [ec=0x0][length=422][latency=15] Lid: 23226 --- ROP Parse
Start --- Lid: 27962 ROP: ropOpenMessage [3] Lid: 17082 ROP Error:
0x50E Lid: 26977 Lid: 21921 StoreEc: 0x50E Lid: 27962 ROP:
ropExtendedError [250] Lid: 1494 ---- Remote Context Beg ---- Lid:
1238 Remote Context Overflow Lid: 14164 StoreEc: 0xFFFFFA1D PropTag:
0x672D0003 Lid: 8660 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x672D0003 Lid:
21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x672D0003 Lid: 23921 StoreEc:
0x3EC Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x672F0014 Lid: 23921
StoreEc: 0x3EC Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x6708000B Lid:
21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0xE960102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc:
0x8004010F PropTag: 0x6708000B Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag:
0xE960102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67760102 Lid:
25394 Lid: 19506 Lid: 27698 Lid: 11285 StoreEc: 0x50E Lid: 21970
StoreEc: 0xFFFFFC07 PropTag: 0x30080040 Lid: 25818 Lid: 6153 StoreEc:
0x50E Lid: 25906 Lid: 5249 StoreEc: 0x50E Lid: 1750 ---- Remote
Context End ---- Lid: 27962 ROP: ropGetPropsSpecific [7] Lid: 17082
ROP Error: 0x4B9 Lid: 26465 Lid: 21921 StoreEc: 0x4B9 Lid: 27962 ROP:
ropExtendedError [250] Lid: 1494 ---- Remote Context Beg ---- Lid:
26426 ROP: ropGetPropsSpecific [7] Lid: 1750 ---- Remote Context End
---- Lid: 26849 Lid: 21817 ROP Failure: 0x4B9 Lid: 20385 Lid: 28577
StoreEc: 0x50E Lid: 32001 Lid: 29953 StoreEc: 0x50E
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Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionHelper.ThrowIfError(String message, Int32
hresult, Object objLastErrorInfo)
Microsoft.Mapi.MapiProp.GetProps(PropTag[] propTagsRequested)
Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MapiPropertyBag.GetProperties(IList`1
propertyDefinitions)

I had this same issue, except I have Symantec mail security not Forefront. It wound up being a line in the adult content filter. For whatever reason, they included "If you received this email" as one of the literal strings. This is probably part
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Thanks for the event log hint- since I have the adult content set to delete, I had no good tracking mechanism in Exhange or SMSME. I set email notifications for the future on these.
Brent
I had this same problem, but I have ESET Mail Security Server. in some one case the problem y solved if I attach the "user@domain" in the "white
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Exchange 2010 SP3 UR2 and Event 4999 = AirSync, M.E.Data.Storage, M.E.D.S.AppointmentTombstone

Hello together,
i'm having the following event on my cas servers every about 30 minutes:
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Hello Martin,
I have a user who is having this exact same issue. I know this thread is a few months old, did you ever find an answer to where the corrupted tombstone data was located at?
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Data storage and read

Hello all,
I got a problem in data storage and read. I used the combination of "Open data storage", "Write data" and "Close data storage" to store some data as an array as shown below.
And used the inverted combination to read data as shown below:
As shown the data file is in tdm form. This works fine in my computer, both the VI and the stand alone application. However when I run the stand alone application in a target pc, the storage file can't be generated!
I don't know if it's the problem of my code or the problem of the target pc, since the target pc has tiny memory card with few drivers installed. I'm wondering if anybody could help me fix this problem. If there's other way I can store and read the file? or if I can make the target pc generate the tdm file.
Thanks!
Chao
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What error is being presented when the file isn't being generated? Is it an error with permissions? Or an error with a folder not existing? Can you manually make a file in the location where you expect the file to be generated?
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Trouble with Data Storage VI's

I am new to LabView Data Storage, I wrote a very basic program to write data to a data base and to read the data. for some reason I am unable to read the data. I am attaching the VI's, Please can any one tell me what I am doing wrong in the VI's.
Thank you,
Mudda.
Attachments:
Read DataBase.vi ‏156 KB

Mudda,
I modified your code and I'll attach it here for you to look at. First of all, you need to tell the data storage open what function to perform (e.g. Open, creat, or replace). Then, you need to make sure the file you're writing to is a .tdm file. Finally, you need to remove the "Signals" terminal from your read and write vi's. To do this, double click on the vi and uncheck the box for "Show terminals for data channel". If this is checked and the "signals" terminal is visible, then the refnum will not pass any info on the file unless a signal is actually connected. So take a look at the code and see if you have any questions.
Tyler S.
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write.vi ‏108 KB

2.23 Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected

My Multi Issue v14 App (24124) was just rejected by Apple. Apparently because storage of the data (folios?) was not iCloud compatible.
Is this related to v14? Would building a v15 app resolve the issue?
or is there some other problem?
Please advise...
Full text of Apple rejection below...
Nov 4, 2011 08:17 PM. From Apple.
2.23
We found that your app does not follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
In particular, we found magazine downloads are not cached appropriately.
The iOS Data Store Guidelines specify:
"1. Only documents and other data that is user-generated, or that cannot otherwise be recreated by your application, should be stored in the /Documents directory and will be automatically backed up by iCloud.
2. Data that can be downloaded again or regenerated should be stored in the /Library/Caches directory. Examples of files you should put in the Caches directory include database cache files and downloadable content, such as that used by magazine, newspaper, and map applications.
3. Data that is used only temporarily should be stored in the /tmp directory. Although these files are not backed up to iCloud, remember to delete those files when you are done with them so that they do not continue to consume space on the user’s device."
For example, only content that the user creates using your app, e.g., documents, new files, edits, etc., may be stored in the/Documents directory - and backed up by iCloud. Other content that the user may use within the app cannot be stored in this directory; such content, e.g., preference files, database files, plists, etc., must be stored in the /Library/Caches directory.
Temporary files used by your app should only be stored in the /tmp directory; please remember to delete the files stored in this location when the user exits the app.
It would be appropriate to revise your app so that you store data as specified in the iOS Data Storage Guidelines.
For discrete code-level questions, you may wish to consult with Apple Developer Technical Support. Please be sure to include any symbolicated crash logs, screenshots, or steps to reproduce the issues when you submit your request. For information on how to symbolicate and read a crash log, please see Tech Note TN2151 Understanding and Analyzing iPhone OS Application Crash Reports.
To appeal this review, please submit a request to the App Review Board.

You might want to check out our ANE (Adobe Native Extension) solution that enables your FB projects to abide by the Apple's Data Storage guidelines.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa1719/_index.html
Do Not Backup project:
http://www.jampot.ie/ane/ane-ios-data-storage-set-donotbackup-attribute-for-ios5-native-ex tension/
David
JamPot.ie

Non-server data storage

A friend of mine is developing a database for a specific environment:
A small number of peer-to-peer networked Windows computers in a small office, with no dedicated servers - each computer acting as an individual's workstation. They want a "central" database to store client information etc, with an interface they can all use at once to access and change the data.
Given the nature of the environment, my first thought was that some sort of file-based data storage (not requiring a server process) would be most appropriate - Access, csv, XML....but I'm not intricately familiar with JDBC support for these mechanisms, so wasn't sure what to recommend specifically.
They are not willing/able to spend any money on this solution, so it must use the current environment. Can someone recommend a data storage method and point me to an appropriate JDBC driver?
Oh, and while I have your attention - anybody know of a good CSV parser? I'm currently splitting a line of data by commas, but it's also splitting strings with commas in them...

A friend of mine is developing a database for a
specific environment:
A small number of peer-to-peer networked Windows
computers in a small office, with no dedicated servers
- each computer acting as an individual's workstation.
They want a "central" database to store client
information etc, with an interface they can all use at
once to access and change the data.
based on this i have a non-Java solution to suggest.
use MS-Access and IIS to develop and deploy an intranet.
there are several pros to this solution that i see
- You can develop and deploy an intranet using web browsers as clients very quickly and relatively cheaply
- an intranet (series of web pages) vs. a full blown application may well be easier to make changes to
- having the data in a RDBMS (Access) which will be cost effective in this case also will make it relatively simple to upgrade port the system later
now i like programming in java as much as the next person but from your requirements it sounds like writing an application might be overkill. in my experience doing an intranet like this is a pretty good solution.. you don't have to install anything on the clients... you already have the software for the server (if you don't have IIS most versions of Windows now have PWS or Personal Web Server which will work for this)... the important thing is to have a good database design so that you can make changes or port the client easily later if you need to.

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