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

[ivan]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:44:46AM -0700, Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
> 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.

There's a web-based open invoice report in the current CVS.  Let me
know how it compares to the one you've done.

> -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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meow
_ivan