I am adding a web interface to a Windows application I have written that uses another proprietary database system. To allow for my customers to use both Linux and WinNT based web servers, I have settled on MySQL for the web database. I am working on a strategy for allowing my customers to move the database from one platform to the other as needed. Here are the issues I am facing at this point:
Because most web providers will not allow direct TCP/IP access to MySQL servers, I am considering the following strategy: a) Save the proprietary database to a file containing a series of SQL CREATE TABLE and INSERT INTO calls. b) Upload the SQL file to the server via FTP. c) Launch a PHP script on the web server from my program that executes the SQL file to insert the data into the MySQL database. Going the other way would be similar: a) Launch a PHP script on the web server from my program to save the MySQL database to a file containing a series of SQL CREATE TABLE and INSERT INTO calls. b) Download the SQL file from the server via FTP. c) Execute the SQL file in my program to insert the data into the proprietary database. At this point, it's going to be a wholesale send and replace of the whole database. At some point in the future, I would like to add some synchronization logic, but that is a subject for another day. Another issue I am running into is the difference between the proprietary database and MySQL in how quotes are escaped. The proprietary database wants two sequential quote characters, MySQL uses a backslash before the quote character. Has anyone else gone down this road before? Any comments on this strategy? Are there any tools or routines available to help facilitate this process? -- Bruce Vander Werf [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
