[horde] Thoughts about migration etc

[Anders Norrbring]

Jan Schneider wrote:
> Zitat von Anders Norrbring <lists at norrbring.se>:
> 
>> Hi..
>> I'm migrating from an old version to Horde 3.1, and I'm about to use a 
>> new database as well.
>> My "problem" is that I thought I'd make a small SQL script to update 
>> the users preferences in the import process (or after), at least 
>> before putting the new server online.
>>
>> I use dedicated DB for logins, that's easy and works fine. However, 
>> that DB also includes the e-mail addresses and users full names, and 
>> it's not under Horde's control.
>>
>> So, I browsed the Horde DB and found those settings in the horde_prefs 
>> table.
>>
>> Now I would like to insert things like real name and e-mail address 
>> into that table, those things are stored in another DB..
>>
>> Can someone please explain the structure, or even suggest a small 
>> how-to for importing these things into the Horde DB?
> 
> http://wiki.horde.org/MigrateIdentities
> 
> Jan.

Thanks Jan! That's a great starting point.. :) I was a bit worried about 
what would be serialized and where.. This is something to work from!

I was looking at using admin/user.php as a base to build a script that 
fed things from the two old DBs, but it didn't "feel right".. :)

Again, thanks!
-- 

Anders Norrbring
Norrbring Consulting
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature
Size: 3241 bytes
Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Url : http://lists.horde.org/archives/horde/attachments/20070109/6e061959/smime.bin