Fuzzwork
CCP Tellus is a wonderful person.
Until recently, the SDE (Static Data Extract) was a mix of YAML, an MS SQL server backup, and an SQLite Database for universe data. This was a bit of a pain to convert, with a whole bunch of steps.
Now, the SDE is being provided as a bunch of YAML files. Now, these, by themselves, aren’t a hugely useful format. But a single format makes it easier to write a conversion routine. I can convert into several formats, by running a single script (now that I’ve written it) This makes me a very happy man.
https://github.com/fuzzysteve/yamlloader is the repository for the new script. It’s written to convert into mysql, sqlite, postgres, and postgres in a specific schema. And it’s pretty simple to extend to other formats (MS SQL is a possibility, but as I can’t run that on my linux server, I’m not doing it at the moment)
In addition, with the SDE being in YAML, it’s a lot easier to generate the differences between versions. I’ve loaded it into a git repository. This is publicly available. git://www.fuzzwork.co.uk/sde-tq.git
Feel free to look into it 🙂
So, short version: I have a new SDE migration process. It may lead to slight differences in output, but the process is a lot easier for me. And if I get hit by a bus, it’s a lot easier for someone else to take over.
