# Offline application with Ruby on Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366 "2005-12-02T23:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366/1 "2005-12-02T23:03:27Z")

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I was wondering if anyone out there has had to develop an application  
that is able to collect data offline and then sync back up to a hosted  
database when an internet connection is available? If you have what  
resources out there did you use to create this configuration?

Thanks,

–Ryan

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366/2 "2005-12-07T13:51:16Z")

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+1: that would be great!

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366/3 "2005-12-07T14:07:34Z")

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ryan wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone out there has had to develop an application  
> that is able to collect data offline and then sync back up to a hosted  
> database when an internet connection is available? If you have what  
> resources out there did you use to create this configuration?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> –Ryan  
> [http://www.ryanripley.com](http://www.ryanripley.com)

One of the next versions of mozilla is supposed to have offline data  
sync capabilities

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offline-application-with-ruby-on-rails/49366/4 "2005-12-07T14:27:55Z")

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You could prob. use SQLite and run the DB locally and then either  
upload the file for processing or have your Rails app handle the sync  
once you tell it that it has a connection, but there’s certainly no  
automated way to do it, you’d have to write all the logic yourself.

Matt