Re: [Gnumed-devel] data pack feature finished

[Jim Busser]

On 2011-07-12, at 8:24 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> I have committed the data pack installation feature.
> 
> This will allow us to update reference data as needed.
> 
> Data packs are defined in a file whose URL is configurable.
> Said file defines the names of data packs and where to find
> them. The client will load the list, let the user select,
> load the data pack, verify the md5 sum, and install the data
> pack.
> 
> The pack must be a zip file and contain an SQL script
> install-data-pack.sql. The SQL script is not supposed to
> fiddle with transactions itself (that is, no BEGIN / END /
> COMMIT / ROLLBACK). Judicious use of SAVEPOINTs is OK,
> however.
> 
> Karsten

Excellent!

-- Jim