Using a Db for a remoting location

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Hy Everybody…
How can we open a dB from a remote location, like dropbox?
When are more than one user for the same DB, this a good option to keep referenceses always on date. Is It possibe?
Tanks in advance
António

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Hi,

by default JabRef only writes to the bib file. It watches the bib file for any modifications.
However, you can also use an SQL Database for working together.
http://help.jabref.org/en/SQLDatabase

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Tank You Christoph,
Is there a documentation How to Link to a SQLDatabase? I create one on ElephantSQL, but I Receive a warning : no suitable driver found on jbdc:pgsql://postgresql://…
What AmI doing Wrong?
TIA
António

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You just need to look at the help https://help.jabref.org/en/SQLDatabase

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Thank You Christoph.
I solve the problem today.
There is two dificulties ,

  1. A firewall in my Faculty web
  2. The configs from host from elephant are not explicit so I need an explanation from a friend.
    It will be fine if could update https://help.jabref.org/en/SQLDatabase, with the explanation how to extract host definitissn from elephantSQL free Database…

Tanks again

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Thanks for the info. You can update the help page yourself. Just click edit this page at the bottom of the page