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Jan 22, 2003, 1:51 PM
hunger
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I have just spent around 200 hours modifing DBMan to do what I want and now it's in production and working, Unfortunatly it works to well and I have about 300 records after only a few days,

The flat file concept scares me as at this rate the database will be over 1000 records by the end of the month. Has anyone modified the flat file version to hook into MySQL so it would be a little bit more robust.

thanks
Jan 22, 2003, 2:25 PM
wysardry
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Jan 22, 2003, 2:25 PM
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Has anyone modified the flat file version to hook into MySQL so it would be a little bit more robust.
Yes, it's called DBMan SQL Wink
Jan 22, 2003, 4:44 PM
hunger
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IS there a thread that shows the conversion process. I have customised the life of my DMAN code with not only the available mods but mods of my own. I have tried to avoid talking to the database directly and used existing subroutines where possible.

Is it simply just a matter of purchasing the upgrade and changing some hooks and you are up and running???
Jan 22, 2003, 5:09 PM
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Jan 22, 2003, 5:09 PM
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The best place to ask/search would be the DBMan SQL forums, but the section I gave the link for says:-

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For users who are upgrading, while DBMan SQL 2 does have an import script to import your data and configuration file, you will need to move from the html.pl file to a template system. We also still maintain DBMan SQL 1, which is a simple replacement to DBMan (shares the same html file, and the same configuration format).

Obviously mods are going to complicate matters, but you should be able to edit the conversion script to take them into account.
Jan 22, 2003, 7:35 PM
hunger
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Jan 22, 2003, 7:35 PM
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Great thanks for the information. I will wait to see when it breaks and then get the DBMAN SQL and install then. (Hopefully I get a couple of months out of the flat file version so I can get some support)