[Vtigercrm-developers] Receiving data from outside sources

[Allan Bush]

check out the bottom part of this page:
http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/docs-datadict.htm

admittedly I've never done this myself but my understanding is that
the upgrade process is the same as the installation process.  Adodb
just compares the current schema with the target schema and generates
the sql to make the required changes.

On 2/21/06, Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Allan Bush wrote:
> > Why all the hate for adodb's xml database generation?
> >
> > It's designed to solve all the problems you seem to want to address.
> > It generates code specific to the database being used without the
> > developer having to worry about the different quirks of different
> > systems.  Also it makes updates super easy without you having to worry
> > about the users starting database version.
>
> To the contrary, Allan! I have all the love for adodb schema generation.
> I've synced us up with adodb-4.71 specifically to help the postgresql
> support efforts, and to support the adodb schema stuff Mike Crowe wanted
> to get committed.
>
> Not to put to fine a point on it, but I don't think any of us
> (myself included) currently committing to vtigercrm/branches/4.2 know how
> the adodb schema generation is to be directed to effect change in the
> database.
>
> I wouldn't know what to do if I had a schema change to make. Any of you
> guys who know this stuff, please dig in on the 4.2 branch.
>
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