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09 Aug '03 19:28Originally posted by Jay Peatea
Ironically, since I quit, I have been doing plenty of contracting work - which has left me far less time than originally predicted, but adds to my financial security, so it is not to be turned away.
I know it has been mentioned before but now that you have a bit more time what about a RHP Database ?
But anyway, I digress, the answer is 'yes'. Just keep nagging if it doesn't appear in the next month. 🙂
-Russ
- 16 Jan '04 03:54I still think that there's no necessity of implementing this. All that is needed is to set up an existing chess database (Scid, for example), and the minimal work of creating a batch routine that runs every night, for example, to copy all finished games of the day to the database.
But, before that, the PGN generated must be fixed (at least the "seven tag roaster" must be correct.
Later, some changes can be introduced: As a public game is finished, it is *moved* pronto to the database, and the "My Games" page can be changed to only show not ended games. The Archived Games can be replaced by a link to a query that shows the games directly from the database. Private games will be a problem... - 16 Jan '04 09:53 / 3 edits
Originally posted by cesarakg
yes and no... 🙄
I still think that there's no necessity of implementing this. All that is needed is to set up an existing chess database (Scid, for example), and the minimal work of creating a batch routine that runs every night, for example, to copy all ...[text shortened]... database.
But, before that, the PGN generated must be fixed...
I discovered scid yesterday and it's pretty cool 😏
But I can imagine very well that people want to use the RHP DB for their opponent research (like "I'd like to play against so rated between 1500 and 1650 who does play d4" ).
but for MY games this is a very good suggestion!
BTW: how do you make the "batch routine"?
You can read in many of mypsotings that a wish of mine is to "repair" the pgn (if I just add a asterisk at the end it works with scid, for Arena import I have to change the casteling to uppercase letters).
So we keep hoping this becomes perfect some day 🙂
th - 17 Jan '04 05:06
Originally posted by thire
I was thinking in a simple shellscript or program that is run once a day, perhaps at 0h2min, that queries the site database for games completed at the past day, and feeds the chess (Scid?) database with it.
BTW: how do you make the "batch routine"?
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The exact way it will be implemented depends on the operating system used and it's resources/features, the database used at the web sites (RHP and TFC), and the chess datababase used (Scid?).
If we are talking about a LAMP system (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP = LAMP), you can use a shellscript that is started by the standard UNIX tool 'cron' (it watches the system clock and start any routine in the time it was programmed to start). The shellscript will do the MySQL queries and feed the Scid database someway (read 'using resources provided by the database system used'😉.
Batch routines are used to run unattended jobs at computers that runs 24x7. Before the computers become interative, batch jobs was the way tasks where done in it (think punch cards, etc.).
About that Scid Search thing, http://scid.sourceforge.net/help/Searches.html
Best Regards - 17 Jan '04 08:35
Originally posted by cesarakg
thank you 🙂
I was thinking in a simple shellscript or program that is run once a day, perhaps at 0h2min, that queries the site database for games completed at the past day, and feeds the chess (Scid?) database with it.
The exact way it will be implemented depends on the operating system used and it's resources/features, the database used at the web sites (RHP and T ...[text shortened]...
About that Scid Search thing, http://scid.sourceforge.net/help/Searches.html
Best Regards
I hope all this will come soon! 😀
th 
