On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: > Once downloaded, the 'py' files are automatically 'live', because that is > how python works. But the xml file will just be sitting in a directory. > *Something* has to trigger running a program that reads the xml file and > inserts it into the database.
I'm not 100% certain of this distinction, but it depends on how your code gets invoked. > My idea is to put the 'version number check' in the main program 'start.py'. > If it detects that an upgrade is required, it will display a warning message > to the user and then run the upgrade program. The same upgrade program can > handle both 'schema' changes and (for want of a word) 'meta-data' changes > such as the menu definition. Yes... or start.py can do it directly and automatically, just check and do whatever changes are needed. That's how I'd do it. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
