Re: Shared databases
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texte = I think that the way to use one set of databases and have access to themfrom all your sites is by using symbolic links. This is similar to what youwere trying to do with aliases, but my guess is that you were creating thealiases in the Finder, which will not work.On 9/3/03 5:03 PM, "Frank Nordberg"
wrote:> I'm working on a couple (about 15-20) of small sites on a Mac running OS> X/Webstar/WebDNA 4.> Some of the databases the sites use are identical, but I can't find a> way to get them to access the same *copy* of the base.> > I first tried a system with one folder for each site and one for the> databases like this:> > my_root_folder> |> +---database_folder> |> +---site1> |> +---site2> |> +---site3> > but that didn't work. WebDNA simply wouldn't follow paths upwards in the> hierarchy beyond the root folder for each separate site/domain name.> > Then I tried putting an alias of the database folder inside each "site> folder", but I still got nothing but "database not found" error messages.> > The solution right now is to keep a separate copy of each database for> each site, and that isn't a good solution, of course. Besides, it's> really annoying that something that ought to be very simple turns out to> be absolutely impossible to do!> > Anybody got a good idea?> > > Frank Nordberg> http://www.musicaviva.com> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I think that the way to use one set of databases and have access to themfrom all your sites is by using symbolic links. This is similar to what youwere trying to do with aliases, but my guess is that you were creating thealiases in the Finder, which will not work.On 9/3/03 5:03 PM, "Frank Nordberg" wrote:> I'm working on a couple (about 15-20) of small sites on a Mac running OS> X/Webstar/WebDNA 4.> Some of the databases the sites use are identical, but I can't find a> way to get them to access the same *copy* of the base.> > I first tried a system with one folder for each site and one for the> databases like this:> > my_root_folder> |> +---database_folder> |> +---site1> |> +---site2> |> +---site3> > but that didn't work. WebDNA simply wouldn't follow paths upwards in the> hierarchy beyond the root folder for each separate site/domain name.> > Then I tried putting an alias of the database folder inside each "site> folder", but I still got nothing but "database not found" error messages.> > The solution right now is to keep a separate copy of each database for> each site, and that isn't a good solution, of course. Besides, it's> really annoying that something that ought to be very simple turns out to> be absolutely impossible to do!> > Anybody got a good idea?> > > Frank Nordberg> http://www.musicaviva.com> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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