NAME
db_import.pl - import a database from XML format.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
DETAILS
MANIFEST: db_import.pl
PROJECT: meta
VERSION: 0.18SYNOPSIS
db_import.plDESCRIPTION
This program will import a single XML/Dbdata file into a database accoding to a database definition and connection data pointed to in the XML file. See the XML/Dbdata DTD for more info.
Take heed when using this script since it changes your database.
OPTIONS
- help (type: bool, default: 0)
-
display help message
- pod (type: bool, default: 0)
-
display pod options snipplet
- man (type: bool, default: 0)
-
display manual page
- quit (type: bool, default: 0)
-
quit without doing anything
- gtk (type: bool, default: 0)
-
run a gtk ui to get the parameters
- license (type: bool, default: 0)
-
show license and exit
- copyright (type: bool, default: 0)
-
show copyright and exit
- description (type: bool, default: 0)
-
show description and exit
- history (type: bool, default: 0)
-
show history and exit
- def_file (type: modu, default: xmlx/def/people.xml)
-
which definition file to use ?
- connections_file (type: modu, default: xmlx/connections/connections.xml)
-
which connections file to use ?
- name (type: stri, default: )
-
which database name to use ?
- con_name (type: stri, default: )
-
which connection name to use ?
- data_file (type: devf, default: xmlx/dbdata/small.xml)
-
which data file to use ?
no free arguments are allowed
BUGS
None.
AUTHOR
Name: Mark Veltzer
Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
CPAN id: VELTZERHISTORY
0.00 MV xml data sets
0.01 MV finish db export
0.02 MV perl packaging
0.03 MV XSLT, website etc
0.04 MV PDMT
0.05 MV license issues
0.06 MV fix database problems
0.07 MV md5 project
0.08 MV database
0.09 MV perl module versions in files
0.10 MV movie stuff
0.11 MV thumbnail user interface
0.12 MV more thumbnail issues
0.13 MV website construction
0.14 MV improve the movie db xml
0.15 MV web site automation
0.16 MV SEE ALSO section fix
0.17 MV move tests to modules
0.18 MV teachers projectSEE ALSO
Meta::Db::Connections(3), Meta::Db::Dbi(3), Meta::Db::Def(3), Meta::Utils::Opts::Opts(3), Meta::Utils::System(3), Meta::Xml::Parsers::Dbdata(3), strict(3)
TODO
-this script currently does not give an option to give your own dbi or connection. do that.