getting to know the change log.

[unknownerrors]

i have been attempting to update the the latest release posted
http://www.eqemulator.net/download.php
right now its, EQEmu-0.7.0-854 2006-09-22 for referance.

i have read that inorder to use these new realeases i need to follow all the DB updates in the change log, but i have issues doing that when it says: "Required SQL: utils/0.6.1-upgrade.sql (will be updated until release)" i have no idea what that means.. utils/0.6.1-upgrade.sql what is that?
on the ==04/04/2005 update.

or
BE SURE TO SOURCE ZONECFG.SQL!!!
on the ==/09/05/2004.. where is ZONECFG.SQL? i found a zoneconfig.h in the source dir. do i need to complie this zoneconfig.h to get ZONECFG.SQL?

or lets look at
ALTER TABLE spawnentry ADD spawn_limit TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
ALTER TABLE npc_types ADD spawn_limit TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
from the ==01/07/2005 release.
can i just copy paste that into my D:\mysql\mysql.exe?

lastly it took a little searching just to figure out wtf source was. just to make sure i have it right.
1. drop the .sql file into the bin dir.
2. open mysql.exe (dos window looking, but we no its not dos)
type: source filename.sql;
??

[Magefeu]

As said in the title RTFW

If you want to run a server => http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...=ws70845mysql5

If you want to play => http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ategoryPlaying

Just read carefully what is written and all your questions will be answered.

where are you getting those changes?? I do not see anything like them in the changelog for the current source...

look at those dates, what are you trying to do... all the changelogs from the start??

[ndnet]

It's useful to have an idea of what SQL statements need to be applied to a database to bring it compatible with the current release of EQEmu at any given time, surely.

The changelog is well-utilized for getting those needed changes out to users. The issue that comes up is that one database may require a different set of changes than another.

The solution, however, falls on the releasers of the database, not eqemu. Check with the database maintainer for information on getting it up to date, such as this thread for ProjectEQ: http://www.projecteq.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1679

Alternatively, what I tend to do, is look at the date of the database release, and apply all the SQL changes in the changelog after that date (unless your db maintainer is Miss Cleo, then you shouldn't be having problems with it at all, baby!)

[unknownerrors]

yes i'm attemping to make all the changes listed in the change log from the start, i read somewhere.. can't seem to remember the search phrase i used that doing a install following http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...indowsServer70

i should need to do all the DB updates, with cavedudes DB. but from what i understand peq, is better.. with more support as well.

[Aramid]

Simply put, if your running 0.7.0-xxx, you only need to add those changes since 0.7.0 was released, nothing prior, up to the latest release that you are running.