database connection local and network

[Ray Smilgius]

I am confused for instance must we have 2 databases one for local access and another database on the server side?
What is meant by network mode and local mode in this FBN assignment?
Thanks Ray

[Adrian Yan]

Actualy, it means your client code must be able to handle two cases: Local and Network.
Local means that the client is accessing the db file on the local machine, not networking involve.
Network means using some networking protocal (RMI or TCP/IP) to access the db file on the remote machine.
Hope it helps.

[Ray Smilgius]

Thanks so we need one database on client machine and on database on server. Do we have to synchronize both databases?
Thanks Ray