Re: Exorcist Problems

Am 23.11.2005 um 17:16 schrieb Jukka Zitting:

> Hi,
>
> Sonic wrote:
>> I now commented out the mgd:* template in staging2live.xslt and   
>> included mgd:midgard_element instead. This at least stops the  
>> host  name overwriting as well as the parameter duplication. The  
>> elements  are stil not replicated though.
>
> Ah, this is caused by Exorcist treating the Midgard database as a  
> tree of objects. Instead of just mapping mgd:midgard_element  
> records for output, you need to select the mgd:midgard_style  
> records that contain the style elements. An example XSLT file would  
> be:
>
>   <xsl:template match="mgd:site">
>     <mgd:site>
>       <xsl:apply-templates select="mgd:midgard_style"/>
>     </mgd:site>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="mgd:*">
>     <xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:copy>
>   </xsl:template>

OK, I tried with these two templates, and in the log file, I can see  
the IDs of all the style elements of the sitegroup in the following  
form (17 is the ID of the Root Style):

0
17
267
17
466
17
231
17
232
17
204
17
212

But the replication still doesn't happen :-(


Bye,

Andreas

>
> If you want you can add any number of xsl:apply-templates rules to  
> selectively replicate parts of your database. For example:
>
>   <!-- Replicate all the topic trees (including articles, etc.) -->
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="mgd:midgard_topic"/>
>
>   <!-- Replicate the identified topic subtree -->
>   <xsl:apply-templates select=".//mgd:midgard_topic[mgd:guid='...']"/>
>
>   <!-- Replicate all snippets -->
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="mgd:midgard_snippetdir"/>
>
>   <!-- Replicate all user accounts -->
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="mgd:midgard_person"/>
>
> The default <xsl:apply-templates/> rule replicates the entire  
> database.
>
>> Hm. Could this have to do with the fact that I created many of  
>> those  parameters in spider-admin (instead of AIS)?
>
> It might. I've seen a few databases that do not contain GUIDs for  
> all records, especially for parameters. The latest Exorcist  
> snapshot fixes this problem by automatically generating any missing  
> GUIDs.
>
>> When will the new beta be available? At SF, there is still only  
>> beta-1
>
> I'll post beta-2 later today.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>
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