[sword-devel] modules to relational database

[Troy A. Griffitts]

sorry, typo.... 'module' variable used below should be 'book', per the 
name declared near the start.

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> I'll leave the question alone as to the value of a relational database 
> for this data over using the SWORD API.
> 
> You can do this a few ways depending on your familiarity of tools.
> 
> If you can process raw text files, you can use of one the SWORD provided 
> export utilities to produce plain text data from a SWORD module: 
> mod2osis, mod2imp.
> 
> If you are familiar with programming you can use your favorite 
> programming language and the SWORD bindings for such with a simple loop 
> like:
> 
> #include <swmgr.h>
> #include <swmodule.h>
> using namespace sword;
> 
> SWMgr library;
> SWModule &book = *(library.getModuleByName("KJV"));
> const char *sql = "insert into bookdata (bookid, entrykey, entrydata) 
> values (?, ?, ?)";
> // "prepare" your sql statement
> for (book = TOP; !book.Error(); book++) {
> 	// sqlStatement.bind(1, "KJV");
> 	// sqlStatement.bind(2, module.KeyText());
> 	// sqlStatement.bind(3, module.getRawEntry());
> 	// sqlStatement.execute();
> }
> //sqlStatement.commit();
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.  Please consider using / contributing to the usefulness 
> of the API itself to meet your purposes.  I'm sure your additions would 
> add to the usefulness of the project for many others after you.
> 
> 	-Troy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> lumin8 wrote:
>> I am interested transferring a couple of the Sword bible and lexicon
>> modules into a relational database (mysql most likely) for my own
>> indexing purposes.
>>
>> Is there already a tool available that can move the data over?  If
>> not, what would be the best way of accomplishing this?
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>> nathan
>>
>>
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