Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Deleting database

Richard Megginson
2007-03-22T17:07:25Z

Ville Silventoinen wrote:
> I''m using Fedora DS 1.0.4. I''ve written an application
that uses
> Fedora DS and next I''m planning to write unit tests. I''m
wondering if
> there is a way to delete the whole userRoot database and create it
> again? I searched the documentation and there seems to be a way to
> create the database from command line, but no way to delete it, except
> from the GUI?
Just delete the entry (e.g. delete cn=userRoot,cn=ldbm
database,cn=plugins,cn=config).  You will have to do some sort of
recursive deletion to remove all of the child entries.  I think this is
what the GUI does - just check the access logs for the server after
deleting the database in the console.
>
> The reason I''d like to re-create the database is that it
simplifies
> writing unit tests. Before each test case I''d like to re-create
the
> database and import a fixture. Well, that''s how I''ve done
unit tests
> for database applications before, perhaps someone has a better approach?
>
> Thank you for any advice!
>
> Best regards,
> Ville