Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread Oak Norton
OK, another newbie question. Once you install a program on someone's local machine for win/linux/mac that uses mysql or PG, do you typically notify them of patches to the engine or expect end users to be smart enough to go out and get the patches themselves? It doesn't seem likely that most end

RE: Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread MisterX
stacks/files... All options are possible, some require a bit more scriptign though ;) Cheers Xavier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oak Norton Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 20:15 To: 'How to use Revolution' Subject: Handling updates

Re: Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is more a matter for the people behind the database server you choose. I know for PostgreSQL, however, that a single database may consist of many files with names which may not be extremely obvious. The files may not be compatible with future

Re: Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread Dan Shafer
Chipp Walters at Altuit has a really elegant solution to this problem. I'm sure he'll jump in when he visits the list next. OK, another newbie question. Once you install a program on someone's local machine for win/linux/mac that uses mysql or PG, do you typically notify them of patches to the

RE: Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread MisterX
version or not. I find that most convenient. Cheers Xavier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank D. Engel, Jr. Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 20:57 To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Handling updates -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: Handling updates

2005-04-15 Thread Chipp Walters
Hi Oak, As I mentioned previously, SQLite is perfect for this type of project. It is virtually a zero-free maintenance database and updating it is as simple as updating the connector/engine file (1 file)- though it shouldn't need updating. Our demo stack automatically checks to see if you have