[ic] Setting up SQL

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Webmaster)]

Thanks!  Another question.  There are many tables in ic, do I only create a
single "database", like I'm attempting, and then all these tables work from
that database.  Or do I have to create multiple databases?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Kosick" <briank@nacs.net>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ic] Setting up SQL


> Webmaster wrote:
>
> >What's the quick & dirty configuration settings on running ic with mysql
as
> >opposed to the default text database?  I had my sys admin create a
database
> >named "store" and now I'm trying to get sql configured.  I have the
server,
> >user & password variables and I have the path command
(/opt/mysql/bin/mysql
> >store)  supposedly to access my database but can't make it work.
Something
> >is not clicking here.  Any asssistance would be great!
> >
> >
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> In catalog.cfg
> edit the SQLDSN
>
> ifndef SQLDSN
> Variable  SQLDSN dbi:Pg:dbname=databasename@www.databaseserver.com
> endif
>
> in variable.txt
> add/edit
> MYSQL    1    Database
> SQLPASS XxXxXx  Database
> SQLUSER Username  Database
>
> in CATROOT/dbconf/mysql
> make sure that the .mysql columns match up with the product.txt column
names
> example: products.mysql
>
> Database  products  products.txt __SQLDSN__
> ifdef SQLUSER
> Database  products  USER         __SQLUSER__
> endif
> ifdef SQLPASS
> Database  products  PASS         __SQLPASS__
> endif
> Database  products  KEY          sku
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "sku=char(64) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "description=VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "title=VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT '' NOT
> NULL, index(title)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "template_page=VARCHAR(64)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "comment=TEXT"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "thumb=VARCHAR(128)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "image=VARCHAR(64)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "price=DECIMAL(12,2) NOT NULL,
> index(price)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "category=VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT
> '', index(category)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "prod_group=VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL
> DEFAULT '', index(prod_group)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "nontaxable=CHAR(3)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "weight=VARCHAR(12) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "size=VARCHAR(96)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "color=VARCHAR(96)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "gift_cert=VARCHAR(3)"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "related=text"
> Database  products  COLUMN_DEF   "featured=VARCHAR(32)"
> Database  products  NUMERIC      price
>
> Check the products directory for tablename.sql or tablename.autonumber
> if they are there delete or move them.  Make sure that the database is
> created in mysql but not the tables, and restart interchange.  It will
> automagically create the tables, and populate them with the values from
> the products.txt file.  And interchange will recreate the .sql and
> .autonumber files for you.  Bingo you have IC running on MySQL!
>
>
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