Author Topic: Is it possible to query / update the database directly?  (Read 2782 times)

aldredd

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As per the title, is it possible to connect to the database externally and query it?

(I want to mass update some fields based on a file I exported from my previous player - I'm no developer, so creating an add-in is out of my depth, but know what I'm doing with databases & SQL)
thanks!

psychoadept

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You can accomplish this kind of mass editing with the additional tagging & reporting tools plugin, if you can turn your existing data into a text file.  Look around for redwings guide to tagging from a text file, it's here and on the wiki.
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aldredd

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Thanks, the file can be saved as a text file so I'll take a look at that guide, thanks - but if that updates the tag, can I then use the tag to update the database itself? It's actually playcount and optionally the last played fields I want to update.

thanks again


Edit: Found a guide for doing something similar with foobar - going to see if I can get the tag-->play_count to work that way!
Last Edit: June 16, 2014, 01:22:31 PM by aldredd

aldredd

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Ok, think I've managed it!
Used the tag manager addin to add the play count to the file, then had MB save the library as an XML file before re-importing that xml file with the playcounts! Worked so well I was able to do the same with Last Played Date.
Some tracks got missed along the way, but 80%+ got updated, which is good enough for me!

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Glad you've had success!
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