Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-21 Thread Michal Migurski
> > Good point, though if this is a concern, the OP will probably use the > > built-in enforcement of referential integrity and transaction support > > of whatever database they are running. > > If a single database is spread over files A, B, and C, then in the time > it took for a naive backup to

RE: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-21 Thread Chris W. Parker
Travis Low on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:02 PM said: > Michal Migurski wrote: [snip] >> Good point, though if this is a concern, the OP will probably use the >> built-in enforcement of referential integrity and transaction >> support of whatever database they are r

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-21 Thread Burhan Khalid
Travis Low wrote: Michal Migurski wrote: Don't take the database down for backups. I can think of no logical reason why you'd want to kill the DB to back it up, since it's just a big "read" operation. Referential integrity might be a reason. Good point, though if this is a concern, the OP w

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Travis Low
Michal Migurski wrote: Don't take the database down for backups. I can think of no logical reason why you'd want to kill the DB to back it up, since it's just a big "read" operation. Referential integrity might be a reason. Good point, though if this is a concern, the OP will probably use the bui

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Michal Migurski
> > Don't take the database down for backups. > > > > I can think of no logical reason why you'd want to kill the DB to back > > it up, since it's just a big "read" operation. > > Referential integrity might be a reason. Good point, though if this is a concern, the OP will probably use the built-i

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Travis Low
Michal Migurski wrote: Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during system maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down for backing up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the system, i get an error that the database is down when i know it should be

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Michal Migurski
> Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during > system maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down for > backing up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the system, i > get an error that the database is down when i know it should be down > near th

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Marek Kilimajer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during system maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down for backing up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the system, i get an error that the database is down when i know it should

Re: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Greg Donald
> Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during system > maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down for backing > up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the system, i get an > error that the database is down when i know it should be down near that

RE: [PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread Chris W. Parker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:41 PM said: > Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during > system maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down > for backing up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the

[PHP] Making an app unviewable during system maintainance

2004-04-20 Thread daniel
Hi there I was wondering how people usually turn the app off during system maintainance. During the hours of 6-7 the database goes down for backing up, the users therefore keeping trying to get into the system, i get an error that the database is down when i know it should be down near that time. W