I'm interested in scripting what amounts to a data kiosk, where residents would be able to interact with the kiosk, and leave information behind. So far, I haven't been able to identify a clean data storage mechanism.
Example - a group wants a central inworld place to keep a visual message board. Each resident in the group should be able to walk up to the kiosk and read and make entries that will persist over time.
Other features that could be added over time might be an email broadcast to the group, or the ability to display information on linked kiosks for a "virtual LAN" effect.
I'm fairly new to scripting, so if there is an obvious solution to this, by all means please let me know.
Many Thanks,
Pandaron Codesmith
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Question about ability to persist data (ie info kiosk) |
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Pandaron Codesmith
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12-29-2004 03:44
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Moonshine Herbst
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12-29-2004 03:53
The solution right now is external storage on a web server. Email and/or xmlrpc will take care of the data transfer.
I really wish LL could offer us some data storage. It could be an addition to the land tier fees, in steps, 10MB, 50MB, and so on. Shouldn't be that hard, and it could generate some extra income for them. |
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Shack Dougall
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12-29-2004 08:25
The solution right now is external storage on a web server. Email and/or xmlrpc will take care of the data transfer. I really wish LL could offer us some data storage. It could be an addition to the land tier fees, in steps, 10MB, 50MB, and so on. Shouldn't be that hard, and it could generate some extra income for them. Agree with Moonshine. Depending on what your needs are, this might also be useful. _____________________
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Alondria LeFay
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12-29-2004 16:14
An alternative is a whole bunch of memory scripts that do nothing besides store data (just a simple calling and setting routine so you have most of the 16k left for actual data storage). OF course this is dependent on the quantity of data. If your talking about a 1000's of posts, yes, external conduit in Perl/Python/Ruby and MySQL or something.
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Pandaron Codesmith
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External Storage - calling out?
12-29-2004 18:12
The solution right now is external storage on a web server. Email and/or xmlrpc will take care of the data transfer. I was thinking about that, but I thought I'd read somewhere else on the forums that LL doesn't allow for outbound data calls from SL, so I'd think the inworld utility of the tool would be somewhat limited. Hmmm, if that's the case, how do you get your data out? Call in from the web server to retrieve it? Unfortunately I don't have access to the email server that would allow me to run code against inbound mail... Thanks, Pandaron |
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Pandaron Codesmith
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12-29-2004 18:14
Agree with Moonshine. Depending on what your needs are, this might also be useful. Yes, yes it is! Thanks a lot! I'm not thinking of thousands of posts, just use for a smallish group, and this seems like it might do the trick. Thanks (and thanks to Apotheus, who posted the bulletin board), Pandaron |