I might try that as well.  It's one of the reasons I used Openbase originally, 
and Scott was always helpful.  A similarly simple option now would be ideal.  
This is not going to be a huge database or get a lot of traffic.  Not to 
mention I work for beer and eats.


On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:

> Just FYI, if what you are looking for is "free" and "just works", FrontBase 
> is a better choice than MySQL.  IMHO.  No admin, no dicking around with 
> configurations.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> On Dec 2, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Andrew R. Kinnie wrote:
> 
>> Ok, well that all sounds useful and helpful.  Though at this point I have 
>> done little more than download mysql and sequel pro, then create a datamodel 
>> that matched my old openbase structure with som minor improvements (such as 
>> using lookup tables)
>> 
>> So most of this may as well be Swahili at this point.
>> 
>> One dumb question though... Will starting innodb in an existing database 
>> cause issues?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Dec 2, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Kieran Kelleher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> InnoDB is free. It is a transactional database engine. MyISAM is for 
>>> logging and should not be used for relational databases where data 
>>> integrity matters.
>>> 
>>> It is mandatory for WebObjects EOEditingContext 
>>> save/transaction-fail/rollback to work. 
>>> 
>>> If you existing databases and/or table-names have any uppercase in them, 
>>> convert those first before using the 'lower_case_table_names' option. Also 
>>> that option is important only if developing on Mac/Win and deploying on 
>>> Linux
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards, Kieran
>>> 
>>> PS. InnoDB can be faster than MyISAM since it caches rows in available 
>>> memory, whereas MyISAM only caches indexes in memory and must go to disk 
>>> for rwo data that is not available in the index used for the query.
>>> 
>>> PPS. For low-effort high performance, try to ensure your memory allocation 
>>> to mysql is equal to the size of your dataset, also tell innodb how much 
>>> memory it can have in the /etc/my.cnf ...... hopefully I can do a session 
>>> at WOWODC next year, if Pascal approves, entitled "MySQL for WebObjects 
>>> Engineers" ..... which should hopefully save people having to go learn more 
>>> than they need to know to find out the bits they need to know. ....... and 
>>> maybe create a few well-documented boilerplate my.cnf files for common 
>>> dev-machine and server configs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Pascal Robert wrote:
>>> 
>>>> At a minimum, create a file called my.cnf in /etc , and add this text in 
>>>> the file:
>>>> 
>>>> [mysqld]
>>>> lower_case_table_names = 1
>>>> default-storage-engine = InnoDB
>>>> 
>>>> And restart MySQL. EOF will be more happy. The default table type in MySQL 
>>>> is MyISAM, which is fast but is not transactions safe (and it auto commit).
>>>> 
>>>>> OK, so InnoDB appears to be part of the MySQL Community Server.  I'll 
>>>>> have a look.  Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is free.  Look in the community edition.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Andrew R. Kinnie wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> eesh.  I'm not being paid for my time (except in beer and wings) so I 
>>>>>>> don't think I can do a commercial transaction engine.  :-/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Is there something else that is effectively free for something this 
>>>>>>> small?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Andrew R. Kinnie wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I don't know what InnoDB is, so I'd have to say no.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I don't use MySQL.  But I do know that MySQL without InnoDB is... not 
>>>>>>>> something I would trust data to.  Check the Wiki or search for posts 
>>>>>>>> on this by Kieran.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I did delete all the bookings and add new ones.  No change.  :-/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The bookings for the feature are still not appearing either, even 
>>>>>>>>> though they are new, but I assume that's a different issue.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Could be lack of InnoDB, but more likely something wrong in your app 
>>>>>>>> or model.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Chuck
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Andrew R. Kinnie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Andrew R. Kinnie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.  That was checked, but set as false.  In any event, I was 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> using an auto-increment.  I gather I should remove this?  EOF 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will do the right thing and create it's own pk?  
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes.  Auto-increment does not mix well with data created from  EOF.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I changed the debug enabled to true and got this in the console 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> when I tried to delete a duplicate:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> SELECT t0.AGENT_ID, t0._rowid, t0.COMIC_ID FROM BOOKING t0 FOR 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> UPDATE
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> That is a pretty clear sign that EOF is visibly upset.  :-)  See 
>>>>>>>>>>>> if removing the auto-increment helps.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I already tried that and it didn't help.  :-/
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Of course now the other issue is that the bookings for the feature 
>>>>>>>>>>> act are not showing up at all.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> This is a new site.  Am I better off just deleting all the bookings 
>>>>>>>>>>> and adding new ones?  (there's only about 25 of them)
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> That is worth a try.  If you created data with auto-increment and 
>>>>>>>>>> don't have the FK constraints enforced in the database, the 
>>>>>>>>>> relationships might be broken (bad data).
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Are you running MySQL with InnoDB?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Chuck
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>> Chuck Hill             Senior Consultant / VP Development
>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Chuck Hill             Senior Consultant / VP Development
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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