On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <[email protected]>wrote:
> > PS using Live for modifying hibernate.properties (and thus a low-key >> change-of-database as required in SA) and update war file are great ideas, >> lets start a new thread for these. >> > > Hi, > > I like this seemingly simple fix to a complex problem. While we could look > at more advanced solutions to switching databases runtime at a later stage I > think being able to switch between databases using a simple menu in the > DHIS2 live system tray will help a lot to system admins and implementers > that frequently need to switch databases on their laptops or desktops. If I > understand you correctly Lars you suggest that we through the live app UI > interaction allow the users to switch database, and in the background that > triggers 1) a jetty shutdown + 2) edit/replace hibernate.properties + 3) > jetty startup sequence? > Yes that was my first thought. > > We could then with a bit more UI interaction through the live app allow the > users to register multiple databases and then provide a switch db menu that > lists all registered databases? > How long does it take to shut down and start up jetty? 1 min? It's not > perfect, but simplifies the life of the not-very-technical DHIS2 trainer > etc. that needs to work on multiple databases. > > At my win7 machine startup takes 20 secs and shutdown is instant. So this might be viable...
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