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Still on import erorrs.RANT
I've pretty much given up trying to use the import feature, I even spent beaucoup time hacking the import script to make it do what I need it to...considering some of "Standard" Fields in Users are no longer standard in my db. And with the additional new fields in the Users, Links & Categories I can't even simply dump to a | delimited text file and import each tables data seperately. Maybe I'm expecting too much from the import/upgrading facillities available, but at the same time shouldn't that be an important step of making a new version?

Maybe I'm just a dunce OR maybe I just don't want to have to work that hard to upgrade...I'm talking so far close to 8 hours of fruitless efforts (first rebuilding according to what import.cgi can handle rebuilding my tables from scratch, when that didn't work...modifying import.cgi to work with what I've got). Wouldn't it be easier to say add in the newer fields, alter field name changes and delete the deprecated fields for each table upon an existing database? Rather than having LinkSQL owners rebuild their databases from scratch just to import their data (all this work before the already daunting task of adding in their modifcations)?

I know this means re-working the import process, but at the moment it does seem that this needs to be done. At least with LinkSQL1.x it provided means to import from a delimited file, taking into account that the database it was importing into had more fields than was being imported, this process doesn't seem to and if it does it doesn't mention it.

Well sorry about the RANT, it could be because I've gotten no response, but it could also be that the import/upgrade is just too tedious. It seems as though migration isn't necessarily desired by the developers, when the process is this time consuming and imprerfect! I realize also that it is only in the Alpha stages, but I hate being stumped which is what I am right now, Mad! It's more due to the fact that I just can't get it done quickly and easily which is what I would look for...maybe I'll just stick with the original...

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Thread Still on import erorrs.RANT phoule 3970 Nov 21, 2000, 11:58 AM
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char 3889 Nov 21, 2000, 2:47 PM
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phoule 3881 Nov 21, 2000, 3:47 PM
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Alex 3858 Nov 21, 2000, 8:47 PM
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phoule 3832 Nov 21, 2000, 9:22 PM
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char 3831 Nov 21, 2000, 11:58 PM
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phoule 3860 Nov 22, 2000, 7:41 AM
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Alex 3836 Nov 22, 2000, 11:13 AM
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phoule 3846 Nov 22, 2000, 3:16 PM
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char 3825 Nov 23, 2000, 5:39 PM