[ic] Re-Building products.txt file from MySQL DB

[N.E.S.T. Solutions]

> >>N.E.S.T. Solutions wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi list,
> >>>
> >>>I have been forced to re-organize my products table,
> >>>and I started in MySQL, re-ordering my columns (over 200 of them)
> >>>
> >>>I also re-organized my dbconf/mysql/products.mysql file
> >>>
> >>>My products.txt file is really hard to read/edit cause of 
> the large 
> >>>amount of columns (one item line wraps over 20 lines on the
> >>
> >>screen).
> >>
> >>>Is there a easy way for re-building the products.txt file to match 
> >>>what's in my products table in MySQL?
> >>
> >>Just go into the UI and export the table.
> >>
> >>Bye
> >>	Racke
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Racke!
> > 
> > I did stop IC completely before I started the work...
> > 
> > I'm worried that if I start IC with a products.txt file that
> > doesn't match the products sql table, will it make a mess when 
> > it imports the products.txt file?
> 
> You can direct Interchange to skip import with the "NoImport"
> directives:
> 
> NoImport products
> 
> NoImportExternal yes
> 
> The latter one affects all SQL tables.
> 
> Besides that, Interchange will not import into SQL tables
> on every start. Usually Interchange keeps track of which
> tables are already imported with .sql files.
> 
> > 
> > 1)Does it matter the "order" of the columns fields between
> > the products.txt file and the products table?
> > 
> 
> No.
> 
> > 2)Will it import the products.txt file into MySQL if I don't remove 
> > the products.sql from the %catroot%/products folder?
> 
> No, see above.
> 
> Additionally, you can make a copy of your MySQL database/tables
> with mysqldump before starting Interchange.
> 
> Bye
> 	Racke

This will definitely do the trick!

Thank you very much Racke

Martin H.
N.E.S.T. Solutions