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1 DESCRIPTION
2 Data::Transfer::Sync is a module providing a generic synchronization
3 process across arbitrary/multiple storages based on a ident/checksum
4 mechanism. It sits on top of Data::Storage.
5
6 REQUIREMENTS
7 For full functionality:
8 Data::Storage
9 Data::Transform
10 Data::Compare
11 ... and all their dependencies
12
13 AUTHORS / COPYRIGHT
14 The Data::Storage module is Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Motl. All rights
15 reserved.
16
17 You may distribute it under the terms of either the GNU General Public
18 License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
19
20 SUPPORT / WARRANTY
21 Data::Storage is free software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
22
23 BUGS
24 When in "import" mode for windows file - DBD::AutoCSV may hang.
25 Hint: Maybe the source node contains an ident-, but no checksum column?
26
27 USER LEVEL ERRORS
28 Mapping
29
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31 info: BizWorks::Process::Setup->syncResource( source_node Currency mode PULL erase 0 import 0 )critical: BizWorks::Process::Setup->startSync: Can't access mapping for node "Currency" - please check BizWorks::ResourceMapping.
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33 You have to create a sub for each node used in synchronization inside named Perl module. The name of this sub _must_ match
34 the name of the node you want to sync. This sub holds mapping metadata to give the engine hints about how
35 to access the otherwise generic nodes.
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37
38 DBD::AutoCSV's rulebase
39
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41 info: BizWorks::Process::Setup->syncResource( source_node Currency mode PULL erase 0 import 0 )
42 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
43
44 Execution ERROR: Error while scanning: Missing first row or scanrule not applied. at C:/home/amo/develop/netfrag.org/nfo/perl/libs/DBD/CSV.p
45 m line 165, <GEN9> line 1.
46 called from C:/home/amo/develop/netfrag.org/nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Handler/DBI.pm at 123.
47
48 DBI-Error: DBD::AutoCSV::st fetchrow_hashref failed: Attempt to fetch row from a Non-SELECT statement
49 notice: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: No nodes to synchronize.
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51 DBD::AutoCSV contains a rulebase which is spooled down while attempting to guess the style of the csv file regarding
52 parameters like newline (eol), column-seperation-character (sep_char), quoting character (quote_char).
53 If this spool runs out of entries and no style could be resolved, DBD::CSV dies causing this "Execution ERROR" which
54 results in a "DBI-Error" afterwards.
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56
57 Check structure of source node
58
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60 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
61 critical: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: Can not synchronize: No ident found in source node, maybe try to "import" this node first.
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63 If lowlevel detection succeeds, but no other required informations are found, this message is issued.
64 "Other informations" might be:
65 - column-header-row completely missing
66 - ident column is empty
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68
69 Modify structure of source node
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72 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->syncNodes: source=L/Currency <- target=R/currencies.csv
73 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_MetaProperties( descent source )
74 warning: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_MetaProperties: node is lacking meta properties - will try to alter...
75 SQL ERROR: Command 'ALTER' not recognized or not supported!
76
77 SQL ERROR: Command 'ALTER' not recognized or not supported!
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79 The Engine found a node which structure does not match the required. It tries to alter this automatically - only when doing "import" -
80 but the DBD driver (in this case DBD::CSV) gets in the way croaking not to be able to do this.
81 This could also appear if your database connection has insufficient rights to modify the database structure.
82 DBD::CSV croaks because it doesn't implement the ALTER command, so please edit your columns manually.
83 Hint: Add columns with the names of your "ident" and "checksum" property specifications.
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85
86 Load source node by ident
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89 info: Data::Transfer::Sync->_prepareNode_DummyIdent( descent source )
90 pcritical: Data::Transfer::Sync->_modifyNode failed: "source" node is empty.
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92 The source node could not be loaded. Maybe the ident is missing. Please check manually.
93 Hint: Like above, the ident and/or checksum columns may be missing....
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95
96 TODO
97 - sub _resolveIdentProvider
98 - wrap _doModifySource and _doTransferTarget around a core function which can change virtually any type of node
99 - split this module up into Sync.pm, Sync/Core.pm, Sync/Compare.pm and Sync/Compare/Checksum.pm
100 - introduce _compareNodes as a core method and wrap it around methods in Sync/Compare/Checksum.pm
101 - introduce Sync/Compare/MyComparisonImplementation.pm
102 - some generic deferring method - e.g. "$self->defer(action)" - to be able to accumulate a bunch of actions for later processing
103 - this implies everything done is _really_ split up into generic actions - how else would we defer them???
104 - example uses:
105 - fetch whole checksum list from node
106 - remember source ident retransmits
107 - remember: this is convenient - and maybe / of course faster - but we'll loose "per-node-atomic" operations
108 - feature: mechanism to implicit inject checksum property to nodes (alter table / modify schema)
109 - expand statistics / keep track of:
110 - touched/untouched nodes
111 - full sync
112 - just do a push and a pull for now but use stats for touched nodes in between to speed up things
113 - introduce some new metadata flags for a synchronization partner which is (e.g.) of "source" or "target":
114 - isNewNodePropagator
115 - isWriteProtected
116

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