Patches for NDOUtils

[Ethan Galstad]

Ton Voon wrote:
> On 19 Feb 2007, at 05:57, Ethan Galstad wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Ton - most of these patches were applied to CVS tonight.
>> Exceptions are the notification_level patch, which I'm not sure if  
>> I'll
>> implement (yet).
> 
> Great. Thanks!
> 
>> Also, the db upgrade script was modified, as only one
>> script file needs to be executed to bring an older schema up to date.
> 
> I'm guessing from your comment above that you only want a single SQL  
> script to upgrade from current version to the latest. However, you'll  
> find that you will be writing the same SQL statements in each  
> "current version" script.
> 
> FWIW, we've found it easier to have a single section per schema  
> version, so if someone is updating from 1.3 to, say, 2.0, there are  
> sql statements to bring it from, say, 1.3 to 1.4b2, 1.4b2 to 1.5, 1.5  
> to 1.6, 1.6 to 2.0. So each script clearly defines the transition  
> from an older schema to the next level. Running all these scripts  
> (which is what upgradedb.pl was doing) would then bring you to the  
> current level.
> 
> Just my 2 pence worth.
> 
> Ton
> 

It shouldn't be too bad - if all goes well, the DB schema should 
stabilize fairly quickly.



Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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