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A place for "last update" time/date

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:15 pm
by IceShadow
Hi! As I said in the other thread, I really appreciate the work you guys have put into this site!

I thought of something that might help stop people from asking about the updates to the database, however...would it be possible to put somewhere on the main page a posting of the time and date of the last update processed? I don't know what all is involved in updating the database, so if it would take more than a couple minutes of coding, it probably isn't worth it...but it might help people's anxiety about their updates if they knew the time/date of the last update that was processed.

Just an idea!

-Ice

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:26 pm
by Rollie
Fine idea, and you are correct, only takes a couple of seconds to add that in.

Added a line to the dbstats page:

http://www.warcraftrealms.com/dbstats.php

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:33 pm
by IceShadow
Thanks! Gotta love the quick response from the developer himself. :D

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:37 pm
by tobiran
which timezone is it?

question: can u add a 2nd line: next update on $time $date

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:44 pm
by IceShadow
Given that he has the Longhorns mentioned on his front page, I'm going to venture a guess that he's in the Central US time zone, GMT -6.

And just looking at it...it only tells you when the last update file was uploaded, not when he last included it into the database, if that makes sense.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:45 pm
by Rollie
It is in UTC +6

There really isn't any point to putting a next update line as updates are pretty much ongoing on a constant basis.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:08 pm
by tobiran
hm do u know the time of the next update?
i want to see my char on the new server :)

or do you have still the census problem?

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:10 pm
by Rollie
The process is running pretty much constantly. It is over 48 hours behind now so it all depends on when your data is processed.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:26 pm
by tobiran
ok so every 48h the database will be reloaded with the new data?
is this right?

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:31 pm
by IceShadow
It seems to be that new data is added all the time, but right now it's behind, and so it's working on things that are around 48 hours old before it gets to newer data.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:44 pm
by tobiran
ah ok i understand - thx for your help :)