>>>>>>>>>I am working on a web page that will be used to update on-hand quantity of parts in a stock room. The page is very simple: it has a text box Part No and a text box Quantity. The user will scan or type in the Part No text box and then enter the current on-hand quantity in the Quantity box. Then user clicks on Submit button. Submit button will call a stored procedure that will update the database table(s).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The program will work in a company Wi-Fi. But it is possible that for a short period (or maybe longer) the Wi-Fi signal will be dropped. So, if the connection is dropped, - ideally - (I would need to check it before calling the stored procedure) I would store the values in the Local Storage. Then, when connection is restored the data from the Local Storage should be processed (transparent to the user).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>How could this be done, conceptually? That is, how would a program/page call a stored procedure for every pair of values in the Local Storage?
>>>>>>>>>TIA
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Something like:

saveEntry(partno, quan) {
>>>>>>>>            var entry = { PartNo: partno, Quan: quan };
>>>>>>>>            if (localStorage['entries'] === undefined) {
>>>>>>>>                var entries = new Array;
>>>>>>>>            } else {
>>>>>>>>                entries = JSON.parse(localStorage['entries']);
>>>>>>>>            }
>>>>>>>>            entries.push(entry);
>>>>>>>>            localStorage['entries'] = JSON.stringify(entries);
>>>>>>>>            if (window.navigator.onLine) {
>>>>>>>>                //Send entries array to server
>>>>>>>>                //On success:
>>>>>>>>                localStorage['entries'] = JSON.stringify(new Array);
>>>>>>>>            }
>>>>>>>>        }

This would send when a new entry was added. If you wanted to send when a connection became available you could add a watch on window.navigator.online and send from there....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thank you, Viv. I will try your code. Do I understand that, since you can write this code off the top of your head, you have used Local Storage and it is more or less reliable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've been working on an app that's used mainly offline. I'm storing half a dozen object collections in localStorage (sometimes up to 300-400 items in total) and it's been fine. Only risk is that the user clears the browser history whilst there's still stuff waiting to be uploaded.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Since I'm mainly offline I have a 'Upload' button (which is only enabled when there's a connection) and the user pushes data up when they want. Bear in mind that when you do have a 'online' status it doesn't necessarily mean you can connect to the server - only clear localStorage after a successful upload.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you very much. I am taking notes of all your suggestions. Of course I know you are working with MVC and I am still in the 19th century technology of ASP.NET Web Forms :)
>>>>
>>>>Hardly using MVC at all - most of my pages are static HTML with data over WebApi......
>>>
>>>I will need to Google for "data over WebApi"; never done or heard about this technology.
>>
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh833994(v=vs.108).aspx :-}
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>I see that Pluralsight has a course on Web Api; should be helpful.
>
>If you don't mind my question (feel free to ignore since you must be busy getting ready for Thanksgiving holiday :),

I'm in the UK remember - don't get the holiday here :-{ (OTOH everyone seems to take two weeks off for Xmas :-})

>in one or two sentences. Why certain projects are more suitable for static HTML with data over WebApi vs MVC?

I stuck with static pages simply so that they can easily be moved to a non-ASP.Net platform is ness.

Also just pulling the data in via WebApi is a lot more efficient than round-tripping the page. I handle it asynchronously using angular resources (or sometimes falling back to http). Again it makes it simpler to retrieve data from a non-ASP.NET back end if required.