#267 - Remove mysql instructions from site-generator

GETTING_STARTED.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ file are found in the comments within the file.
 
 Any database supported by the Perl:DBI and Perl::DBD modules can be used with 
 the site-generator program. Currently the hpr_generator project works with 
-a MySQL or SQLite database.
+an SQLite database.
 
 Find the [DBI] section of the file. It should look like the following
 
@@ -146,26 +146,6 @@ The hpr.db section of the driver option `dbi:SQLite:hpr.db` is the path
 to the sqlite file. The default assumes the hpr.db file is located in the same
 directory as the site-generator. 
 
-### MySQL
-
-Remove the comment character from the start of the database, driver, 
-user, and password option lines:
-
- ```
-# Configuration settings for MySQL
-database: mysql
-driver: dbi:mysql:database=hpr_hpr:hostname=localhost 
-user: hpr-generator
-password: *********
-```
-
-This assumes that the MySQL database service is available at the localhost 
-hostname, that the database name (hpr_hpr) is the database created from 
-the hpr.sql dump file or manually created by you, that the user (hpr-generator) 
-was added by you and has read rights to the hpr_hpr database, and that the 
-password (replace ********* with the actual password) matches the password set 
-for the hpr-generator database user.
-
 ## Configuring the website for viewing locally
 
 For HTML links to work when viewing the files on your local machine using the 

README.md

@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ Static web page generator for the Hacker Public Radio website.
 		2.  Run `./utils/update-hpr.sh`
 	* SQLite v3.8.3 or greater is recommended. CTE WITH clauses are used in some template queries. Must convert WITH
 	  clauses to sub-queries when using earlier versions of SQLite.
-* With MySQL
-	* Create database hpr_hpr in the MySQL server from HPR dump file.
-		- ``sudo mysql --host=localhost < hpr.sql``
-	* Create a user that will be used by the site-generator.
-		- Suggested username: hpr-generator
-		- ``CREATE USER 'hpr-generator'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';``
-	* Limit the user's privileges to EXECUTE and SELECT
-		- ``GRANT SELECT ON hpr_hpr.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';``
-		- ``GRANT EXECUTE ON `hpr_hpr`.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';``
 * Install the needed Perl modules using preferred method (distribution packages, CPAN, etc.)
     * Getopt::Long
     * Pod::Usage
@@ -35,7 +26,7 @@ Static web page generator for the Hacker Public Radio website.
     * Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip
     * DBI
     * Tie::DBI
-    * DBD::SQLite or DBD::mysql
+    * DBD::SQLite
     * Date::Calc
     * Text::CSV_XS
     * HTML::Entities
@@ -76,4 +67,6 @@ and add the label "**Feature Request**".
 * gordons
 * Ken Fallon
 * norrist
+* Paul Jewell
+
 

site-generator

@@ -56,19 +56,9 @@ Perl Template Toolkit.
         * SQLite v3.8.3 or greater is recommended. CTE WITH clauses are used in some template queries.
           Must convert WITH clauses to sub-queries when using earlier versions of SQLite.
 
-        With MySQL
-        * Create database hpr_hpr in the MySQL server from HPR dump file.
-                - sudo mysql --host=localhost < hpr.sql
-        * Create a user that will be used by the site-generator.
-                - Suggested username: hpr-generator
-                - CREATE USER 'hpr-generator'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
-        * Limit the user's privileges to EXECUTE and SELECT
-                - GRANT SELECT ON hpr_hpr.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';
-                - GRANT EXECUTE ON `hpr_hpr`.* TO 'hpr-generator'@'localhost';
-
         Install the needed Perl modules using preferred method (distribution packages, CPAN, etc.)
                 * Config::Std
-                * DBD::SQLite or DBD:mysql
+                * DBD::SQLite
                 * DBI
                 * Data::Dumper
                 * Date::Calc

utils/check-dependencies.sh

@@ -1,73 +1,67 @@
-#!/bin/bash - 
+#!/bin/bash -
 #===============================================================================
 #
 #          FILE: check-dependencies.sh
-# 
+#
-#         USAGE: ./check-dependencies.sh 
+#         USAGE: ./check-dependencies.sh
-# 
+#
-#   DESCRIPTION: Check that Perl module dependencies for the hpr_generator 
+#   DESCRIPTION: Check that Perl module dependencies for the hpr_generator
 #		  are installed.
-# 
+#
 #       OPTIONS: ---
 #  REQUIREMENTS: ---
 #          BUGS: ---
 #         NOTES: ---
 #        AUTHOR: Roan "Rho`n" Horning (roan.horning@gmail.com)
-#  ORGANIZATION: 
+#  ORGANIZATION:
 #       CREATED: 09/05/2024 09:55:00 PM
 #      REVISION:  ---
 #===============================================================================
 
-set -o nounset                              # Treat unset variables as an error
+set -o nounset # Treat unset variables as an error
 
 #---  FUNCTION  ----------------------------------------------------------------
-#          NAME: is_module_installed 
+#          NAME: is_module_installed
-#   DESCRIPTION: Tests if the supplied module is found on the system 
+#   DESCRIPTION: Tests if the supplied module is found on the system
 #    PARAMETERS: Name of the denpendent Perl module
 #       RETURNS: 0 if not found, 1 if found
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function is_module_installed {
-	HR="----------------------"
+  HR="----------------------"
-	perl -e "use ${1} " 
+  perl -e "use ${1} "
-	if  [ $? -ne 0 ]
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	then
+    echo ${HR}
-		echo ${HR}
+  else
-	else
+    echo "Found module ${1}"
-		echo "Found module ${1}"
+    echo ${HR}
-		echo ${HR}
+  fi
-	fi
 }
 
-MODULES=( \
+MODULES=(
-	 "Getopt::Long" \
+  "Getopt::Long"
-	 "Pod::Usage" \
+  "Pod::Usage"
-	 "Config::Std" \
+  "Config::Std"
-	 "Template" \
+  "Template"
-	 "Template::Plugin::File" \
+  "Template::Plugin::File"
-	 "Template::Plugin::DBI" \
+  "Template::Plugin::DBI"
-	 "Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip" \
+  "Template::Plugin::HTML::Strip"
-	 "DBI" \
+  "DBI"
-	 "Tie::DBI" \
+  "Tie::DBI"
-	 "DBD::SQLite" \
+  "DBD::SQLite"
-	 "DBD::mysql" \
+  "Date::Calc"
-	 "Date::Calc" \
+  "Text::CSV_XS"
-	 "Text::CSV_XS" \
 )
 
 echo "The following modules must be installed for the site-generator to function: "
-for module in "${MODULES[@]}"
+for module in "${MODULES[@]}"; do
-do
+  echo "* ${module}"
-	echo "* ${module}"
 done
-echo "When MySQL is used, the DBD:mysql module is required (otherwise it is optional)"
-echo "When SQLite is used, then the DBD:SQLite module is required (otherwise it is optional)"
 
 echo "Scanning for modules ..."
 echo "----------------------"
 
-for module in "${MODULES[@]}"
+for module in "${MODULES[@]}"; do
-do
+  is_module_installed "${module}"
-	is_module_installed "${module}"
 done
 
 echo "Finished scanning."