Re: [ic] mixed up catalog.cfg files

[Stefan Hornburg <suppressed>]

Paul Jordan wrote:
> suppressed wrote:
> > On May 9, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Dan Bergan wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All -
> > >
> > > I made a big error yesterday and loaded a catalog.cfg file for a test
> > > catalog into my live catalog (and restarted).  I quickly realized my
> > > error and put the correct file back in place and restarted the
> > > catalog.  Everything looked to be running fine again.
> > >
> > > However, when I looked at the error.log, I saw this (when applying
> > > the incorrect cfg file): - - - [08/May/2007:17:25:53 -0400] - -
> > > table orderline created: create table orderline (
> > > > code char(14) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
> > > > store_id varchar(9) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL, (etc...)
> > > There were a few other tables as well.
> > >
> > > Then I noticed that the last two years worth of transactions and
> > > orderline records were gone from my database!  It also looks like
> > > about 5 months worth of userdb records are missing as well.
> > >
> > > I do have a backup, but why would some of the records be deleted?  I
> > > just want to understand what happened so I can make sure I
> > > fix/restore everything correctly.
> > You'll want to check out the NoImport directive to prevent that from
> > happening in the future: 
> >
> > http://www.icdevgroup.org/interchange-doc-5.2.0/frames/icconfi
> > g_118.html 
>
>
> I agree - I use this religiously. I think NoImport should be the default
> BTW, or there should be some NoImport * facility that can be overridden by
> the mysql definition itself, or lack thereof.

I agree, the standard mode should be to import only if the corresponding 
database table doesn't exist.

Bye
	Racke



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