[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase: overwrite previously set data

[Nick Morrott]

On 10/11/2008, Johannes Reisinger <hannes at linus.priv.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  is it possible to tell mythfilldatabase to overwrite data resulting from
>  a previous run of mythfilldatabase?
>  Consider this situation:
>  - on monday I receive data, that show XXX starts at 10:15 on Thursday
>  - on tuesday, the schedule was updated and I receive the data, that show
>  XXX now starts at 10:20 on Thursday.
>  - the result is, that show XXX is shown twice in the mythtv listing for
>  thursday, once on 10:15 and once on 10:20.

IIRC, changes such as this should be taken care of automatically
during listings import. Are you running mythfilldatabase manually, or
is mythbackend running it automatically for you?

I'll be submitting a patch to allow listings to be deleted via MFDB soon.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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