Re: Toward XML-dump/load-based migration

Luca Olivetti <luca@...> writes:

> 
> En/na Raphael Ritz ha escrit:
> 
> > For content migration the addition and integration of 'Marshall'
> > in Plone 2.5 has been a big step forward and with XMLForest we
> > are basically there as well. (Big thanks to Sidnei, Kapil, Gogo,
> > and everybody else involved.)
> 
> I'm not answering your question but asking one of my own 
> Do these tools properly support references and UIDs?

Yes!

> In case the answer is "yes", do they store (and restore) the existing 
> UID of an object or do they simply store the references and recreate new 
> UIDs on import?

IIRC you can specify this on the import form. Both should be possible.

> What happens with fields stored in alternative storages (specifically 
> SQLStorage?)

Shouldn't be an issue. As it only deals with content you need to
preconfigure the new site anyway including installing all products.
Whatever storage is used in the new site's setup will be used.
This my be the previously used external storage or anything else.

Raphael

> 
> Bye






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