Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-15 Thread David Braun
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 23:30, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > What if I want to import the data into a MySQL database? Is it trivial to > do that from an SQLite data file? If not, I think it would be a good idea > to provide the master format as well (SQL? tab-delimited?). Yes, it looks like it is trivia

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-14 Thread David Braun
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 23:30, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > What if I want to import the data into a MySQL database? Is it trivial to > do that from an SQLite data file? If not, I think it would be a good idea > to provide the master format as well (SQL? tab-delimited?). Yes, it looks like it is trivia

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-12 Thread David Braun
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 12:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > I would simply include the SQL dump under /usr/share and leave it to the > user where to import it. It's possible that they will want to create a new > database, or import it into an existing one (perhaps even with different > table names), or t

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-11 Thread David Braun
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 12:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > I would simply include the SQL dump under /usr/share and leave it to the > user where to import it. It's possible that they will want to create a new > database, or import it into an existing one (perhaps even with different > table names), or t

How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-10 Thread David Braun
I'd like to package the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference [1]. This won't (yet) be an official Debian package, but I expect in the future I'll want to become a real Debian developer so that I can be the maintainer for it. For the moment I'll just make it available for people

How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-10 Thread David Braun
I'd like to package the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference [1]. This won't (yet) be an official Debian package, but I expect in the future I'll want to become a real Debian developer so that I can be the maintainer for it. For the moment I'll just make it available for people