[MMBASE SCM] r35079 - mmbase/trunk/documentation/backenddevelopers/storage

[andre]

Author: andre
Date: 2009-05-12 11:26:09 +0200 (Tue, 12 May 2009)
New Revision: 35079

Modified:
   mmbase/trunk/documentation/backenddevelopers/storage/conversions.xml
Log:
step-by-step instructions to convert blobs to disk


Modified: mmbase/trunk/documentation/backenddevelopers/storage/conversions.xml
===================================================================
--- mmbase/trunk/documentation/backenddevelopers/storage/conversions.xml        
2009-05-12 09:10:38 UTC (rev 35078)
+++ mmbase/trunk/documentation/backenddevelopers/storage/conversions.xml        
2009-05-12 09:26:09 UTC (rev 35079)
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@
     <programlisting>  &lt;option name="database-stores-binary-as-file" 
value="true" /&gt;
   &lt;attribute 
name="database-binary-file-path"&gt;/home/http/default/blob&lt;/attribute&gt;
 </programlisting>
+
+    <para>The default configuration is that your binaries will be written to
+    the data directory, which is configured in
+    'config/modules/mmbaseroot.xml', but when you want your binaries in
+    another location you can specify them with these two lines.</para>
+
+    <para>Next you will need to specify in 'mmbaseroot.xml' that you are using
+    a different file for the database configuration and then restart. When you
+    use the 'config/storage/databases/mysql-binaryasfile.xml' example that
+    line would be:</para>
+
+    <programlisting>  &lt;property 
name="database"&gt;mysql-binaryasfile&lt;/property&gt;</programlisting>
+
+    <para>Now you are ready to hit the button 'Convert' to start converting
+    your blobs to disk.</para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="filestoblobs">

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