Method and system for automatically checking-out/in and replicating documents in databases

A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation for accessing a document record stored in a server document database system from a client system, the operation comprising:

• receiving user selection of a document record from a replica database in the client system;
• querying the server document database system for the document record;
• determining whether the document record is available for check-out from the server document database system;
• and
• if the document record is available for check-out, replicating the document record to the replica database in the client system.

A computer system configurable for accessing a document record stored in a server document database system, the computer system comprising:

• a memory containing a document check-out/in program and a replica database comprising a plurality of document records;
• and
• a processor which, when executing the document check-out/in program, is configured to:
• receive user selection of the document record from the replica database in the computer system;
• query the server document database system for the document record;
• determine whether the document record is available for check-out from the server document database system;
• and
• if the document record is available for check-out, replicate the document record to the replica database in the computer system.