Initiate the db with last synced at?

[powderham]

I have a case that might be slightly breaking what sync is for, but want to understand if I can do anything here.

I have a language learning app that comes with a set of words in a json in the bundled code. I also want to be able to sync these with a remote server.

Currently the flow is:

Load all the words from the JSON in to the watermelon db on first load
Calls sync for the first time
Receives all of the words from the db, since last synchronized at is undefined

I'd like to be able to set this flag in a robust way if possible.
Are there any problems with setting it directly, or can something else be done?

[powderham]

I ended up solving this with the following workflow:

• Query the db with lastPulledAt = 0/null in the buildstep
• Store the response as a json
• Call sync with that JSON on install