[mythtv-users] Copy frontend settings to new frontend keeping both

[Kirk Bocek]

On 10/26/2015 8:22 AM, Myth TV wrote:
> I know the right answer is to never modify the database directly, but 
> I have done this in the past:
>
> Connect to the DB and then:
> INSERT INTO mythconverg.settings SELECT value,data,'<new frontend name>' FROM
> mythconverg.settings WHERE hostname = '<existing frontend name>';
>

*I* didn't want to say this. But I've done this too. We will, however, 
be castigated by the devs for direct database manipulation.