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Re: is the Peeron Database available?
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Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:30:28 GMT
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Hakan Tandogan wrote:

> > sort of export function, that will take all the sets and dump them out
> > into one big file...
> 
>         So how do you do updates if, say, the name of one piece changes
> or if you make a picture of a new part that you haven't had in your
> inventories up to that date?

well, we update the master list, and I have a script that I can run
against any number of inventories (or all of them), and update all the
files automatically.

>         I tried the perl-and-textfile solution myself, but the task
> of generating "canonical" versions of the inventories (yeah, I know,
> I should post them, my oldest ones are longer than 7 months, but
> I have to finish that auto-post script ;-)) got a little out of
> hand. Now I have most of my data in text files (your master list,
> the ldraw parts list, the pause set list and my inventories),
> but use a Postgres database to store the data.
> 
>         Would you be interested in using parts of my software?
> Perhaps we could merge our efforts ;-)
> 
>         If you are interested, I could post an overview of what I
> have on my laptop.

heh, it might defenitly be interesting to see another way of going at
it, not to mention getting ideas from it... :)

Dan



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(...) I see. That was enough for me at the beginning, too, but then I needed to re-order the lines in the inventory, too. I like to build by inventory files in the order they are in they are in the instructions, noting any extra parts, but the (...) (26 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)
  Re: is the Peeron Database available?
 
(...) Could I have a look at your scripts, too? Perhaps I could Then I could generate data that fits your system better. Regards, Hakan (26 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)

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(...) Oops ;-) (...) So how do you do updates if, say, the name of one piece changes or if you make a picture of a new part that you haven't had in your inventories up to that date? I tried the perl-and-textfile solution myself, but the task of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.db.inv)

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