10 Mar
2014
10 Mar
'14
11:11 p.m.
You are saying that users mismatch the DB and the permanent directory, and
you would like to have that fix automagically ? Not only the jobs status
could be there, but also the attachments, and many other permanent data
that will not match the DB.
I completely agree that mixing inconstantly a DB and a permanent directory
is an annoying issue. I am not sure we could do any magic to fix it. What
could be nice to have is a GUID on the main DB, and in the permanent
directory, that in case of mismatch, prevent the wiki to start fully and
inform the user.
WDYT ?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:45 PM, vincent(a)massol.net <vincent(a)massol.net>wrote;wrote:
Hi devs,
Some users are making the following mistake:
- download the zip/exe and install our standalone distribution
(jetty/hsqldb)
- then they configure xwiki to point to another DB (mysql or postgresql
typically)
- then they start XWiki and they get an empty page and no DW
The problem is that they don’t/can’t understand that in the standalone
distribution the data/ directory already has a DW status.xml file that says
the DW has already been executed and thus do not need to be executed again…
We need to find some strategy to avoid this potential error.
Any idea?
Some ideas:
- Idea 1: Improve documentation to explain the need to remove the data/
directory if you change DB
- Idea 2: In the status.xml, store the DW status along with the DB id so
that if the DB changes, the DW can kick in again.
- other?
I personally like idea 2. WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
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