POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: write and read with MySQL?

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From: tom
Subject: write and read with MySQL?
Date: 30 Jun 2006 03:10:01
Message: <web.44a4ce135d48b987e4adea2d0@news.povray.org>

I've searched thinking that surely it's been discussed, but I couldn't find
where or when. (I'm still certain that it has.)
I'm familiar with using PhP with MySQL databases, but what's involved in
using POV-Ray to do the same?
If it helps, I'm running a machine with Suse Linux 10 (Apache, MySQL and PhP
running) with an option to boot to Windows (no Apache, MySQL, PhP). I will
admit that I have not run POV-Ray with Linux as I'm still familiarizing
myself with it.
Thanks,
-Tom

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From: Sebastian
Subject: Re: write and read with MySQL?
Date: 30 Jun 2006 04:54:53
Message: <pan.2006.06.30.08.54.52.33785@gmx.de>

> I'm familiar with using PhP with MySQL databases, but what's involved in
> using POV-Ray to do the same?

This is an interesting idea but the direct access to a sql databse
with PoV-Ray is absolutely impossible. A least at the moment.
The only alien data type PoV-Ray can read is csv (comma separated values)
data. So you have to write a script or something that exports your databse
data so something that PoV-Ray understands before invoking PoV-Ray.

Sebastian

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