Re: [mv] Editing the database outside Minivend

[Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>]

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Ken Diliberto wrote:
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> I'm still playing with MV before I put it online.  I think that makes me
> a Great Big Newbie...  :-)
> 
> I have MV installed using MySQL for the back end.  I thought I'd be
> sneaky and edit the database from my Windoze machine with the ODBC
> driver.  This caused a lot of confusion.  The labels disappeared for the
> areas and none of the new records would display.  If I looked at the
> tables with Minimate, the data was all there.  Finally, I made a change
> to each record from Minimate and MV looks happier.
> 
> Any idea where I went wrong?  If the answer is RTFM, I'll look again.

I don't know where you went wrong, but DB_Browser might be a good tool
for you.
It's similiar in spirit to Minimate, but less powerful/complicated:
http://www.summersault.com/software/db_browser/

     -mark

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