Re: [Webct-admin] Purge scripts?

[Jeff L. <jlo...@uw...>]

Hi Tricia,

I'm curious - how long did you wait after deleting the learning contexts 
in the GUI before importing the new data?

Cheers,
Jeff

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Jeff Longland
Web and Instructional Support
Information Technology Services
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5B7
Phone: (519) 661-2111 ext. 85327
Fax: (519) 661-3486
E-mail: jlo...@uw...

Laura Gekeler wrote:
> No, Tricia. I’ve received no response from the list; My support ticket 
> to WebCT generated a phone conference in which WebCT told me there is no 
> reason not to use the GUI to delete data. They do not have purge scripts 
> built and available for clients.
> 
>  
> 
> My most recent GUI delete of data went much better than previous ones 
> (now that my test server’s database is running on the app server) but 
> still left the database in an inconsistent state so that my next import 
> created exceptions when it tried to rewrite previously deleted data that 
> is still in some middle state, neither really deleted nor really 
> there….  In one case, two versions of a group were created, the 2^nd one 
> with a space and the digit “1” after it.
> 
>  
> 
> Laura
> 
>  
> 
> Laura Gekeler, WebCT Vista Applications Admin
> 
> Educational Technologies & Services, OIT
> 
> University of Notre Dame
> 
> P: 574-631-8795
> 
> E: lge...@nd... <mailto:lge...@nd...>
> 
> W: http://www.nd.edu/~training
> 
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> 
> *From:* Tricia McKellar [mailto:tri...@nc...]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2005 11:24 AM
> *To:* Laura Gekeler
> *Cc:* 'WebCT Administrator's List'
> *Subject:* Re: [Webct-admin] Purge scripts?
> 
>  
> 
> Laura Gekeler wrote:
> 
> Has anyone developed purge scripts for use removing the learning context 
> while doing testing in order to remove all user data?
> If not, how do you do it other than a complete database restore?
> 
> 
> Hi Laura,
> Did you get any feedback on this? We will have a need to clean our 
> development db shortly.
> Thanks,
> Tricia
> 


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