DR>> I guess. I am thinking that the backend in probably sql. So what is
 DR>> the best way to merge in multiple xml messages at once.

 SL> I would expect a recursion of some kind :)

 SL> XML is ordered, so it's a simply matter of looping through the XML
 SL> files, and looping through the messages contained within each,
 SL> inserting them into the DB.  There's probably a library that can dump
 SL> XML straight into SQL using a template of some sort, however that
 SL> wouldn't include Fidonet things, like dupe checks, security checks, or
 SL> relaying to other nodes.

dupes? message-ids would be unique in the database. Security checks? Handled
at the BBS directly. Relaying to other nodes? With what I am talking about I
do not see any of that. Everyone connects directly with each other. If we
try to replicate message bases across many systems, that will need to be
worked out.

With best regards, Dale

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