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20 April 2005
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Ajax is my favourite soccer club. That's why I love the name of the new javascript technique (Ajax) using XMLHTTPRequest. This technique opens up a lot of new possibilities when it comes to web applications.
You all probably saw the features using this technique Matt is going to add to IPB2.1. I will also start using this in the next version of the Blog.
In order for me to learn this technique and its uses I finally started working on a tool I have been meaning to develop for a long time now. A database import tool, which will allow you to easily move data from MySQL to MSSQL or Oracle, or the other way around.
As the more experienced users probably know, that the big problem with these tools using a web interface, is that the script can timeout when the database becomes bigger. The Ajax methology provides a way to workaround this. It also prevents (the relatively slow) refreshing of the entire page between steps.
I am not sure I will actually release this tool. But I can't resist giving you an idea of what it is I'm talking about. Here's a little screenshot:
As you can see it will give you a status of what table is being imported and which tables have been done allready. All this is updated on the fly as the process progresses.
All in all this Ajax method is really powerfull and cool to work with. But what else would you expect from a technology with that name
You all probably saw the features using this technique Matt is going to add to IPB2.1. I will also start using this in the next version of the Blog.
In order for me to learn this technique and its uses I finally started working on a tool I have been meaning to develop for a long time now. A database import tool, which will allow you to easily move data from MySQL to MSSQL or Oracle, or the other way around.
As the more experienced users probably know, that the big problem with these tools using a web interface, is that the script can timeout when the database becomes bigger. The Ajax methology provides a way to workaround this. It also prevents (the relatively slow) refreshing of the entire page between steps.
I am not sure I will actually release this tool. But I can't resist giving you an idea of what it is I'm talking about. Here's a little screenshot:
As you can see it will give you a status of what table is being imported and which tables have been done allready. All this is updated on the fly as the process progresses.
All in all this Ajax method is really powerfull and cool to work with. But what else would you expect from a technology with that name
It would be quite good if an IPB restore function was available with only root admin user (NOT group) access, so that it could be restored.
In addition maybe a task which runs every x days to backup the DB.
I know your not really involved in coding IPB but you are the DB Guy