Make transactions and lineups files editable

ctorg · 12-30-2011, 12:31 PM

OOTP has always prided itself on its editability, so it baffles me that the transaction and lineup databases are in a proprietary "odb" format, especially considering that they come from a non-proprietary source.

I'd like to see these files become editable - just use the original source files instead - so that we can make adjustments. This came up for me because I wanted to create a historical league with a few differences in transactions, but I couldn't because the files can't be edited, at least not with any kind of ease.

thehef · 12-30-2011, 03:28 PM

Excellent suggestion. If the transactions were in a csv file like all of the other files in .../stats, that would be espeshly neato.

I suspect the txns are in an odb file so it processes/imports more quickly. However, if a csv file were an option, then an option could be included to point to the transactions.csv instead of transactions.odb, much like we can point to a modded master.csv instead of the database.odb file... I think that makes sense...

thehef · 01-03-2012, 01:37 PM

I am only bumping this because, the more I think about it, the more I think what a great idea it is...

12-30-2011, 12:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 9,701 Thanks: 38 Thanked 91x in 51 posts	Make transactions and lineups files editable OOTP has always prided itself on its editability, so it baffles me that the transaction and lineup databases are in a proprietary "odb" format, especially considering that they come from a non-proprietary source. I'd like to see these files become editable - just use the original source files instead - so that we can make adjustments. This came up for me because I wanted to create a historical league with a few differences in transactions, but I couldn't because the files can't be edited, at least not with any kind of ease. __________________ THE VERY US ARTISTS - A project for musicians and visual artists My music Currently reading: Thirteen by Richard Morgan "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

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12-30-2011, 03:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
thehef Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 407 Thanks: 87 Thanked 31x in 27 posts	Excellent suggestion. If the transactions were in a csv file like all of the other files in .../stats, that would be espeshly neato. I suspect the txns are in an odb file so it processes/imports more quickly. However, if a csv file were an option, then an option could be included to point to the transactions.csv instead of transactions.odb, much like we can point to a modded master.csv instead of the database.odb file... I think that makes sense...

01-03-2012, 01:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
thehef Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 407 Thanks: 87 Thanked 31x in 27 posts	I am only bumping this because, the more I think about it, the more I think what a great idea it is...