hi tedd, if steve's idea is something doable.. why don't you consider setting up the mysql data dir on some removable media (thumb/flash drive)? so the boss can pull it off if he is going home. and it's easy to detect this in code and display a message to system users, something similar to that 'mysql server has gone away' message. (boss has gone away) :) ~viraj On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Bob McConnell <rvm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: tedd > >> At 9:10 AM -0400 9/13/10, Steve Staples wrote: >>>here's a silly idea... >>> >>>put the database on his computer (or the entire app). that way, when >>>he's *there* he is logged in. if the computer is off, he's not there, >>>the app wont work (and the database). >> >> Silly or not, that *would* work. >> >> Now I have to figure out how to do that. > > This may be the only way to do it, but it shouldn't be too hard to > figure out. If he turns off the computer every time he leaves his desk, > it can be installed anywhere, even as a service. But if he leaves the > computer on, it has to be on his desktop, probably with an entry in his > Start directory to start it when he logs in. But he has to actually log > out of the desktop to block access, not just leave it in the screen > saver. > > Bob McConnell > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
