Grouper Developers Forum

[Tom Barton <>]

Thanks Chris. I wonder if some sites would prefer a fatal error report 
rather than an auto-init upon detecting a corrupted database at startup. 
They might need the corrupted DB to aid in restoring normal operation.

Tom

Chris Hyzer wrote:
> This is done:
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> https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-159
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> We briefly discussed this one, but trying to make it easier to get going 
> with grouper...
>
> Three db change tasks are confusing: schemaexport (ddl [and optionally 
> init data]), db.init (ddl then insert default data), db.reset (remove 
> all data, then init).
>
> Now, when grouper starts, it checks to see if the root stem is missing, 
> or if a builtin field is missing, or a builtin type type is missing, and 
> if so, will init the DB. The only time this isnt sufficient is if some 
> fields or types are there but not others (if someone manually deleted 
> some), in which case the user can set the setting in the 
> grouper.properties: ddlutils.schemaexport.installGrouperData to true, 
> and do a schemaexport. I removed the ant tasks for db.init, db-init, and 
> db.init.test, since they are no longer needed...
>
> If there is a place where grouper is starting without initting, just add 
> this to the code before initted data is needed:
>
>     GrouperStartup.startup();
>
> Let me know if anyone has comments, I can always undo or change...
>
> [ Show » <https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-159> ]
>
> Chris Hyzer 
> <https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mchyzer> - 
> [24/Aug/08 09:24 PM - edited ] fixed Now, when grouper starts, it checks 
> to see if the root stem is missing, or if a builtin field is missing, or 
> a builtin type type is missing, and if so, will init the DB. The only 
> time this isnt sufficient is if some fields or types are there but not 
> others (if someone manually deleted some), in which case the user can 
> set the setting in the grouper.properties: 
> ddlutils.schemaexport.installGrouperData to true, and do a schemaexport. 
> I removed the ant tasks for db.init, db-init, and db.init.test, since 
> they are no longer needed... If there is a place where grouper is 
> starting without initting, just add this to the code before initted data 
> is needed:     GrouperStartup.startup(); Let me know if anyone has 
> comments, I can always undo or change...
>
>
> Chris

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