RE: [edict-jmdict] database schema

["Stuart McGraw" <smcg4191@********>]

Philip Ronan wrote:
> On 22 Sep 2006, at 02:16, Stuart McGraw wrote:
[...]
> > Also, as a general observation, not a comment on what you said
> > about the indexes....
> > while a loader program will be used frequently while evaluating
> > and developing the database, after the database is in operation,
> > the loader script will be only of historical interest.  (There
> > are better ways of backing up the database than relying on re-
> > loading from a assorted text and xml files.)  So advanced load
> > optimizations will probably have a short lifetime.
> 
> Then how will updates to the database be published, if not by  
> releasing an updated JMdict.xml file? Is there some sort of  
> equivalent to rsync for MySQL databases?

Well, there's replication, but I am not advocating that as a distribution 
mechanism! :-)

Jim has said he plans to continue releasing jmdict, edict et.al. but 
they will be generated from the database.  So yes, your right, an 
import script for mysql would have continuing usefulness. I was 
thinking only in terms of within the jmdict project.