Hi Dave

> see code chunks 17a and 19f in demexp book.
> imestamp (see code chunk 17d
> page 17 in demexp book[1]).

So it is what I already saw in the demexp-book : I just wanted to be
sure.. ;)

And to be oversure .. : : what do you mean by :

"Method get timestamps returns timestamps of all the objects on the
server." (3.3.2 Timestamps 19f)

all the objects means ?

And, passing by, maybe already ask but : Is there a limitation of times,
the voter can vote ?

Another one :
I developp the client, working with Postgresql : All questions in a
database with the clients account managed by the forum server.

What do you think of the idea (security issues, fake vote
opportunities..) ?
 I was thinking about a demexp label to warrant the forum
administrator.. ??
 Yours
Diogene

Hi David

> As I said in my previous email: participants, questions and tags, in
> that order (see fields gt_participant, gt_question and gt_tag in the
> returned data structure).

I check the base64 doc and ask if issue.

> I can't say much without further technical details..
>  I think you should
> use the authentication of the demexp server.

The access to the client, so the databse is authorized by the demexp
server.

> >   I was thinking about a demexp label to warrant the forum
> >  administrator.. ??

Well according to the joined graphic, I thought about a central demexp
server connected to the forums. Where each forum can run his own
database : votes and propostions are still recorded by the demexp server
but the questions browsing is made locally. So it could decrease the
number of connections to the demexp server.

Even why not, the vote and propositions can be updated during the
database update (my client can update and store the database in the
admin interface). So that each forum would connect only 2 or 3 times a
day.

> Sorry, I don't understand what do you mean.

I hope its clearer now.

Yours
Diogene

Hi David

So I succeeded in retrieve the base64 value from the struct but I dont really understand what to do with it.
I put it in a translator which gave me the joined answer but it didnt help me much.

The php function :

echo base64_decode($timestamps);

give me back the text translation. And anyway, no translation on this picture looks like a timestamp list ??

Can you show me the light ?

Yours
Diogene

Hello David

> Regarding reading, there is no particular issue so you can cache as
> much as you like in your forum databases.

So it will..

> However, regarding writing (e.g. vote, new questions or new
> responses), I think you should do them as early as possible otherwise
> you might have coherency issues (e.g. the new questions conflicts with
> the same one registered by somebody else, etc.). Only the demexp
> server can guarantee a coherent state. You might cache during writings
> but, in my opinion, this is very complicated and you'll have a lot of
> tricky issues.

Actually I didnt think about that coherency issue : So the writing will
be sync.

> Why don't you use the call get_timestamps_decoded()?
> same timestamps but as a nice set of three integer arrays already
> uncompressed. It would be much easier for you.

Yes, much easier.. :)

Thanks and yours,
Diogene