How difficult is it to swap directory scripts?

Discussion in 'MySQL' started by Old Welsh Guy, Mar 13, 2006.

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    I have a directory PHP MYSQL and it has around 9k niche sites in it. The problem is I want to swap the script, as the one I am using is pants. :( Well it has been up a while.

    Iam wondering how much of a chore is it to get it out, rename the tables etc, and get it into esyndicat? What are the thoughts?
     
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    Depends how differently they are organized. If it is relatively similar.. category table with category ID... site table with siteid and categoryid... etc.. it would probably take 2 to 3 hours of coding and testing to write an importer. If they are wildly different in design, maybe longer.
     
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    Cheers man! I haven't a clue about scripting databases etc so thought it would be good to ask, as I am going to have to get someone to do it for me. So 2 days pay should cover it at the outside I guess. Thanks.
     
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    Right-o... 2 hours at the low end if they are in similar schemas; maximum 8 hours realistically... since you could re-write most of the base functionality in that amount of time.
     
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