I totally forgot about the web API. A safer approach indeed! Thanks!
On Jul 14, 2021 12:18 PM, Fred Gleason <[email protected]> wrote:
On Jul 14, 2021, at 05:14, Alejandro olivan Alvarez <[email protected]> wrote:I have messed a little with rivendell database, quite successfully, but only for query/read operations ... altering/writing directly the database of such a complex application is for the brave :-)Just to amplify Alejandro’s point: directly modifying the Rivendell database is NOT A SUPPORTED METHOD for making changes in Rivendell! Specifically, the database schema CAN and DOES change between different versions of Rivendell; meaning that the update method that worked perfectly three months ago could end up NUKING YOUR DATABASE next time around.A much better and safer method for making these sorts of site-specific bulk changes is to write a script that uses Rivendell’s WebAPI. See:The Web API is a documented, public and above all stable interface; using it will allow you to write scripts that won’t break across different versions of Rivendell.N.B. — If you insist on writing changes directly to the DB, be sure that you have a known good backup of it first. The sanity and gray hair (not to mention job) that you save may be your own.Cheers!|---------------------------------------------------------------------|| Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer || | Paravel Systems ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers. || || -- Leonard Brandwein ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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