Re: [Flightgear-devel] Model adding/download/rating system

[Curtis L. O. <cur...@fl...>]

Karsten Krispin wrote:

>What is exactly the system? Is it a stone-old linux distribution or so? But 
>even if it's the case, I can't imagine to not be able to set up a 
>mysql-server.
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Some sort of useful documentation about getting the initial database and 
authentication setup would be good.  So far I haven't found anything 
that wasn't scattered in pieces through a larger documentation ... and 
then that requires some understanding of how msql works to find the 
pieces of info you need.

>If you care about your server-perfomince: those few queries will not tease 
>your server too much. 
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>But it would be great to have such a database and acutally also the object db 
>(but that's another story) on one site. - Users doesn't have to crawl on 
>hundreds of sites to find some nice aircrafts but looking on fg-site and get 
>happy. Additionally, you don't have to keep track of the latest version of 
>one aircraft, the author himself can update his aircraft on his own.
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I hear you.  One problem/issue I have to deal with right now is that I 
have to be really careful about giving any kind of server access due to 
the hosting restrictions/rules here at my university.  I suppose at some 
point I need to consider moving the server to some outside site ... 
there are lots of ways to go (source forge, something commercial, run my 
own colocated box, use some other service, etc. etc.)  I haven't thought 
too much about that since I haven't ever thought too much about leaving 
the university.  But at some point I'll probably have to deal with this.

Curt.

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