How to send database changes back to "home base"

[PaidtheUmpire]

Here is my problem...

I am going to have a Delphi game, where each user (all over the world [hopefully]) can train his players (ie. edit the database).

My theory is that easy user would create a textfile, and then they would send the file to me and i run a program that edits my "FULL DATABASE".

Is there a more simple and secure way of doing this?

I don't know what you need to know, so here is some base info...

Delphi 7
Connection to the Access Database is through ADO

Thanks



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[hilfy]

The first thing I would suggest is that you use something more reliable than Access if this is truly going to get as big as you think it might.

Text files would probably work ok for you - especially if you set them up in the form:

Attribute=value

If it's set up like that, you can LoadFromFile into a string list and the access the string list through the .Name and .Value properties to get your data.

As for security, I think that's more dependent on what protocol you use to upload the files than on what is actually in the files.

-Dell