Re: FlushDatabase Suggestion
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18081
interpreted = N
texte = >> Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> [deletefile path/to/old.db] >> [closedatabase path/to/old.db] >> [copyfile path=path/to/new.db&to=path/to/old.db] > >The deletefile doesn't do anything here because of the closedatabase.Yes it does, it moves the old.db file out of the folder it's sitting in -- so it doesn't get reloaded after the [closedatabase] tag and before the [copyfile] tag.If you don't want to delete the current db file, for example if you prefer to archive it instead, do this:[movefile path=path/to/old.db&to=path/to/archiveFolder/old.db[date]] [closedatabase path/to/old.db] [copyfile path=path/to/new.db&to=path/to/old.db]In my first example I used the [deletefile] tag to demonstrate *one way* to get the old.db file out of the folder it was sitting in. But of course you can move it out of that folder just as effectively by using the [movefile] tag as shown in my second example ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>> Kenneth Grome wrote: > >> [deletefile path/to/old.db] >> [closedatabase path/to/old.db] >> [copyfile path=path/to/new.db&to=path/to/old.db] > >The deletefile doesn't do anything here because of the closedatabase.Yes it does, it moves the old.db file out of the folder it's sitting in -- so it doesn't get reloaded after the
[closedatabase] tag and before the
[copyfile] tag.If you don't want to delete the current db file, for example if you prefer to archive it instead, do this:[movefile path=path/to/old.db&to=path/to/archiveFolder/old.db
[date]] [closedatabase path/to/old.db] [copyfile path=path/to/new.db&to=path/to/old.db]In my first example I used the
[deletefile] tag to demonstrate *one way* to get the old.db file out of the folder it was sitting in. But of course you can move it out of that folder just as effectively by using the
[movefile] tag as shown in my second example ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
Kenneth Grome
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