[OSM-talk] The long tail

[Immanuel Scholz]

>> mysqldump >> file
>> cat file | mysql (on slave)
>> mysql:
>>   * drop table gps_points
>
> Unless I'm deeply mistaken this doesn't help, imi wants the entire
> database.

I need different parts of the database at different time. As a coder, it
is mostly needed for doing offline testing and performance measurement.

To write on history stuff, a history in the dump would be nice. To check
for concurent modification issues, the timestamp is necessary. To work on
GPS traces, these table is helpfull... you get the point.

I just don't want to beg every time again to get the next piece of data. I
have to beg customers in bussiness each day, but never in open source
projects dedicated to distribute data.


The other reason I lately insists in getting the database is Steve's
strange reasons suddenly popping up from nowhere the same time his old
reasons were thinned out by faster scripts and people declaring their lack
of privacy interest.


Ciao, Imi