[mythtv-users] Fixed a snag in my setup where DVB-S would scan but not store

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Sep 30 02:37:11 UTC 2011


On 09/29/2011 04:00 PM, Owen Williams wrote:
>    I fixed a snag in my setup where DVB-S would scan but not store
> channels (Astra 19.2E).  I tried to install them one by one.  When I did
> that MySQL complained that 'tvformat' in the 'channel' table could not
> store NULL values.  I flipped that in the table schema and now I have
> lots of channels stored.
>
> I'm using GIT fixed for 0.24 from 28/09/2011.
>

You shouldn't break your database schema.  You should be fixing the 
broken code.

If you change anything in your database schema, any future upgrade could 
fail--and it will be up to you to clean up your own mess.

Mike


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