[imp] SQL Help required - if possible

[Nigel Cass]

Fixed it.

Sorry for the noise.

N.

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> From: imp-bounces@lists.horde.org [mailto:imp-bounces@lists.horde.org]
On
> Behalf Of Nigel Cass
> Sent: 25 September 2002 13:18
> To: imp
> Subject: [imp] SQL Help required - if possible
> 
> Hi Guys.
> 
> Recently rolled out a webmail system which has been reasonably well
> received by my user community. Unfortunately I've just realised I've
> implemented something of a design flaw.
> 
> That being that I'm using realms (as at the moment we have two
separate
> imap servers) as it seemed wise to do so just in case of the odd clash
> etc. However we have recently decided that in the not too distant
future
> we will move to only one imap server for all. Clearly this is a bit of
a
> problem as it means that peoples preferences and turba objects will be
> unaccessible as we will need to set either one of the two realms used
or
> preferably no realm.
> 
> I'm keen to fix this sooner rather than later before the databases
grow
> too huge and the problem thus becomes bigger.
> 
> My question is really for the SQL gurus out there.
> 
> Is there a reasonably easy way of doing the following (pseudo SQL)
> 
> UPDATE horde_prefs SET pref_uid = (part before @) WHERE pref_uid = (
> "part before @"@realmname notneeded anymore)
> 
> Or am I going to have to dump the database then insert copies of the
old
> records with sensible pref_uids, then remove he realm setting and
> eventually delete all the old records ?
> 
> TYIA
> 
> Nigel Cass.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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