On Thursday 14 July 2005 03:10 pm, Donavan Stanley wrote: > > For example, I'd like to figure out what are the databases that mythtv > > uses, and what's in them? Mysql is used to store a lot of info, but when > > trying to dump the info to move to a new system, I got nothing (I did get > > some help, though, which I haven't finished trying yet). Without some > > understanding of the databases, when things don't work as you expect, > > you're stuck (unless you start probing the code, of course). > > Then you apparently didn't follow the directions in the doc on how to > back up your database. Mysql is used to store everything. > Actually, I did, but the documentation isn't accurate for newer versions of mysqldump. See the subject " Getting database info to a new backend" for that info.
But it doesn't negate the point that it'd be nice to know why we do things, rather than just how. > > I had high hopes for the wiki when it started. But it pretty much > turned into yet another install guide. wiki? Where? I didn't see that on the mythtv website. Maybe mutiple, targeted wikis might work better. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
