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Re: Getting my set list from Peeron to Lugnet
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lugnet.admin.database
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Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:09:39 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.database, Warren Nagel wrote:
> > I orignally uploaded my set lists from Lugnet to Peeron, as I added more
> > sets I listed them on Peeron. How can I easily get Lugnet updated with the
> > added sets.
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> At present, it's probably not easy. I can't think of a reasonably quick way to
> do this. The best way would be:
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> 1) Export your set list from Peeron:
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> http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/myparts-export
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> 2) Export your set list from LUGNET:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/mlistraw.cgi?m=123
> (switch out the "123" in the URL with your member number, or click on "download"
> on your LUGNET set list)
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> 3) Go through one by one and fix the discrepancies manually (more helpful if you
> read them into a spreadsheet like Excel, and have it show you differences, which
> at least it can *somewhat* help you with)
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> Speaking as a quasi-sorta-admin-person, though, it should be reasonably simple
> to add functionality to LUGNET to do it, with a simple "mass upload" feature.
> The only sticky bit is that LUGNET keeps both a private and a public list-- so
> in theory you might have two different lists, whereas Peeron only has a single
> list. You'd have to resolve that, but it should be pretty straightforward.
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> The more annoying part to do (insofar as adding the functionality to the sites)
> would be in terms of setting LUGNET up to automatically refresh with Peeron's
> data on a regular basis, similar to how Peeron can automatically download from
> LUGNET (if you've got it set that way on your account). That's a bit more
> difficult to program, so I'd probably steer away from that. But certainly
> conceivable. Hmm.
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> DaveE
Thank you for your reply, I guess I always thought it would be easy to go back
and forth with the information so I didn't pay that much attention that I was
updating Peeron and not Lugnet. I like your idea for Lugnet to automatically
refresh but I'm not holding my breath. I worry that all of the lego sites aren't
that stable so the more places I can keep that information the better.
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| (...) Yeah, I'm not sure how quickly something like that could be done. It's enough of a bite-sized chunk of work that I could see implementing it, although I personally seem to have had my SSH key removed from the LUGNET server, so I'll have to (...) (16 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| (...) At present, it's probably not easy. I can't think of a reasonably quick way to do this. The best way would be: 1) Export your set list from Peeron: (URL) Export your set list from LUGNET: (URL) out the "123" in the URL with your member number, (...) (16 years ago, 10-Sep-08, to lugnet.admin.database)
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