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Re: Duplicating contents of DB within same DB with different prefix

by Istvan Hubay Cebrian :: Rate this Message:

Martijn Tonies wrote:

> >> Anyway of accomplishing this? Ideally without having to state each of
the
> >> tables names. And also that this would work so that you could only
> > duplicate
> >> tables that have a certain prefix, so: duplicate only tables that start
> > with
> >> "pt_" and change prefix to "es_" for example.
> >>
> >> Any help or point in the right direction will be much apreciated!
> >
> > It seems you're trying to create something multi-lingual, would that
> > be correct?
> >
> > If so, why not design proper metadata so you don't have to copy
> > tables AND modify your queries.
> >
> ---
>
> Correct this is for a multilingual website using an extremely simplified
> "CMS".
>
> The reason I am not designing proper metadata is due to the fact I am
using
> a CMS not programmed by myself, therefore I would rather not have to alter
> its inner core, also, i gathered this would probably be the simplest way
of
> accomplishing what I want without having to use a db for each language
> (which is what I am doing right now).

Well, except for having to change the metadata for each additional language.

Sounds very easy ;)

Wouldn't it be a nice start to use the script that creates these tables and
do
a search/replace on them? If you need this multiple times (for more
languages)
in the future, why not create a script that has absolutely no errors in
replacing, eg: %LANG% that will be replaced by es_ or whatever, to avoid
errors.

The script I use to create the tables and insert the data already allows for the use of a prefix. Meaning that I could create the exact same tables inside the same database with different prefixes. This, however, is not ideal since when I develop a website, I initially develop it fully in one language, then I simply duplicate the database and change the text, this method saves me allot of time since all texts, stylesheets, templates, etc, etc are copied.

If I where to use the script again and create the initial tables with a new prefix, I would have to go through the whole process of developing the site (obviously easier than initial devl. but still time consuming). Therefore I figured the easiest way would be to simply duplicate the tables and change the prefixes.

I am now thinking that probably the best way to accomplish this is through a PHP script. In any case i'd like to thank you for your prompt replies, this little brainstorming has definitely given me some ideas.

Thanks,
Istvan H Cebrian

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