On Tuesday 12 January 2010 11:27:09 Richard Hartmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 18:31, Kern Sibbald <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You can add it without any problems, but when you upgrade to the next
> > version (5.0.0) you may run into problems, which could be unpleasant.
>
> Is the DB upgrade part of a larger upgrade script or is it designed to be
> called seperately?
> The reason I am asking is that I would not want to need to go through
> a lengthy upgrade process which fails in the middle. But if I can just
> modify the DB upgrade parts accordingly, that's not problem at all.

The above is a support question.  Please go to the bacula-users list for such 
requests.  We deal with bugs and development issues only on this list.

>
> > I've talked to the developer working on our next database upgrade, which
> > coincidentally we will be committing tonight.  It is very late in the
> > development process to be adding a new field this time around. The
> > changes that we are committing tonight have been tested for several
> > months now.  That said, he is interested in this feature, so without any
> > guarantees, I suspect it will make it in (a BOOL named Reviewed).
>
> Cool, thanks. As there is nothing in bugs.bacula.org yet, should I create a
> ticket which the dev in question can then take?

bugs.bacula.org is a bugs database.  We are not talking about a bug here.  We 
are talking about non-production development code.

>
> > Another way to resolve your problem would be to insert a new record to
> > the log.  There is no problems with a user adding additional records to
> > the database Log table, and since the main information is a TEXT field,
> > you can add anything you want.
>
> I think I would rather add an additional table and merge the data back into
> the mainline table once that can be done if I decide not to just go ahead
> and add the fields to Job.


Best regards,

Kern
>
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community
> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support
> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and
> easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Bacula-devel mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community
Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support
A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy
Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers
http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev 
_______________________________________________
Bacula-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel

Reply via email to