[freeside-devel] freeside is HOSED. 8-(

Kristian Hoffmann khoff at pc-intouch.com
Mon Sep 11 11:44:54 PDT 2000


You sure are good at politely asking for help.  "Can you help me fix my
broken system, ohh yea, your code sucks.  You should rewrite it from
scratch."

Beside that, we have a web-based open invoice report.  I'll upload it
shortly.

-Kristian
<khoff at pc-intouch.com>

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Brian Wolfe wrote:

> 	I've been using freeside for about 6 months now. I had apache die on me while i was entering a payment. Now freeside locks up when I try to run freeside-bill -c ahzz to bill the clients.
> 
> 	What all do you need to know to be able to repair my database?
> 
> fs 1.2.2
> ii  libdbd-mysql-p 1.2214-1       mySQL database interface for Perl
> ii  mysql-common   3.23.22b-1     mysql database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql
> ii  mysql-server   3.23.22b-1     mysql database server binaries
> ii  perl-5.005     5.005.03-7.1   Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report
> ii  perl-5.005-bas 5.005.03-7.1   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
> ii  perl-5.005-sui 5.005.03-7.1   Runs setuid Perl scripts.
> ii  apache         1.3.12-2       Versatile, high-performance HTTP server
> ii  apache-common  1.3.12-2       Support files for all Apache webservers
> 
> this is on debian linux woody development.
> 
> oh yeah. what is the status of the plans to make ALL database activity transaction oriented that I saw float past on this list a few months ago?
> 
> 
> 	Brian Wolfe
> 
> p.s. wishlist
> 	transaction based SQL interface.
> 	one-time billings.
> 	payment-backout
> 	billing-backout
> 	back-billing by user set dates. (for converting from old systems)
> 	a C version that doesn't take 4 seconds per screen to compile( yes I know of mod-perl. it sucks.)
> 	stability.(as in some things will end up with 2 copies of the same user in the db and other crap like that.)
> 	a real quickstart faq.
> 	a real manual (seen comments on someone doing this. status?)
> 	past due customer reports.(a VERY important thing that shoulda been done long ago)
> 	sales reports. (this is REALLY wishing... i know...)	
> 	predefined types of services and bundles as examples.
> 	an install script that makes use of CPAN for packages. (detect local then grab from cpan if not found)
> 	an export to ldap module.( vaguely remember this idea floating by long time ago)
> 
> 	I'd offer my perl skils but your half OO half straight perl is a nightmare. My advice is to start from scratch on a full-oo or drop the OO completely.
> 




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