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[EP-tech] Re: Bulk export/import
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- Subject: [EP-tech] Re: Bulk export/import
- From: Andrew Beeken <anbeeken@lincoln.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 12:38:11 +0000
That seems like a bit of a round the houses approach. I’ll dig through the source and see what I can find. On 02/07/2015 13:16, "eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of George Mamalakis" <eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of mamalos@eng.auth.gr> wrote: > From its documentation (perldoc ./bin/export) there doesn't seem to >support something like that. On the other hand, the documentation >mentions the option: > >' >dataset: The name of the dataset to export, such as "archive", >"subject" or "user". >' > >You could maybe "exploit" this option by moving some eprints from one >dataset to another and by exporting/importing each dataset separately >(and then moving the appropriate eprints where they really belong). > >Haven't checked the source code, though, so maybe there's another >solution hidden somewhere there...:) > > >On 02/07/2015 02:56 μμ, Andrew Beeken wrote: >> I wonder... Is it possible to export by type? I could perhaps export >>each >> type separately... >> >> On 02/07/2015 12:18, "eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of >> George Mamalakis" <eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of >> mamalos@eng.auth.gr> wrote: >> >>> Ian and Andrew, >>> >>> I think that one can import/export specific entries -if I'm not >>> mistaken-, but I'm not exactly sure about the syntax. If it allows for >>> ranges, the 100.000 entries problem may be addressed by just splitting >>> the export/import process to more than one export/import operations. I >>> have used this syntax to select specific eprints, but my syntax was >>> something like the following: >>> >>> ./bin/export archid archive XML 114 115 116 117 > /tmp/export1 >>> >>> which would seem very peculiar if it would have to be used for >>>thousands >>> of records (I assume args would overflow!:)). Nonetheless, on the worst >>> case where ranges are not allowed, the former syntax could be used >>> successfully within a very carefully written script. >>> >>> >>> On 01/07/2015 06:37 μμ, Ian Stuart wrote: >>>> On 01/07/15 15:25, Andrew Beeken wrote: >>>>> Hello all! >>>>> >>>>> I’m currently looking at migrating our repository to a fresh install, >>>>> mainly because we have a bit of customisation to our live repo and I >>>>> want to see how this process would affect the integrity of the data. >>>>> Is there an easy way of importing all records from one repository, >>>>> say to an XML file and then importing to the new one? >>>> In general (and as George says) the XML-with-files export is the way >>>>to >>>> go. >>>> >>>> I discovered it falls over with 100,000 records, so I just copied the >>>> database & attached a new eprints to it :D >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> George Mamalakis >>> >>> IT and Security Officer, >>> Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki), >>> PhD (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki), >>> MSc (Imperial College of London) >>> >>> School of Electrical and Computer Engineering >>> Aristotle University of Thessaloniki >>> >>> phone number : +30 (2310) 994379 >>> >>> >>> >>> *** Options: >>>http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech >>> *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ >>> *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ >>> *** EPrints developers Forum: http://forum.eprints.org/ >> >> The University of Lincoln, located in the heart of the city of Lincoln, >>has established an international reputation based on high student >>satisfaction, excellent graduate employment and world-class research. >> >> The information in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential. >>If you have received this email in error please notify the sender >>immediately and remove it from your system. Do not disclose the contents >>to another person or take copies. >> >> Email is not secure and may contain viruses. The University of Lincoln >>makes every effort to ensure email is sent without viruses, but cannot >>guarantee this and recommends recipients take appropriate precautions. >> >> The University may monitor email traffic data and content in accordance >>with its policies and English law. Further information can be found at: >>http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/legal. >> >> *** Options: >>http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech >> *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ >> *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ >> *** EPrints developers Forum: http://forum.eprints.org/ > > >-- >George Mamalakis > >IT and Security Officer, >Electrical and Computer Engineer (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki), >PhD (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki), >MSc (Imperial College of London) > >School of Electrical and Computer Engineering >Aristotle University of Thessaloniki > >phone number : +30 (2310) 994379 > > > >*** Options: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech >*** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ >*** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ >*** EPrints developers Forum: http://forum.eprints.org/
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