[Opensim-dev] modifying the SQLite DBs while the sim is running...impossible ?

[Sean Dague]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:45:33AM +0200, Dalien Talbot wrote:
> Probably this is mostly a Q for Sean...
> 
> 
> I tried to write a small ruby hack to update the user/inventory db while the
> sim is running - but seems like it does not want to pick up the changes, and
> also upon the quit it complains:
> 
> 
> ** ERROR **: file marshal.c: line 4399 (mono_marshal_get_runtime_invoke):
> assertion failed: (ret == 0)
> aborting...
> 
> (I am not sure if this is relevant for SQLite, or it is something else - but
> it appeared each time i tweaked the databases "outside").
> 
> Am I doing something wrong or the sim is caching the data => hence the
> "outside" access to the databases is a no-no ? (in which case we should
> think how we fix it at some point)

Right now, this isn't going to pick up correctly because we basically
have a "load at boot, keep in cache" model for data.  However, it is
on my list of things to support after the 0.4 release.

      -Sean

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