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Component Reinstall 02 May 2012 02:30 #2199

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During development of my component I will install it several times into my Joomla 2.5 development site in order to test it, then make some modifications in Cook. I am unclear about reinstalling the component after it has some structural changes to the database.

Do I need to do a Joomla UNinstall first? Or can I simply install it again? Do i need to clean out the data? If so, how do I ensure a complete uninstall in Joomla 2.5?

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Geoff

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Re: Component Reinstall 02 May 2012 04:43 #2203

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Yes, better uninstall and reinstall.
You will lose the data you inserted as test.
At some point, it could be a good idea to create a sql query that inserts the most common data, the one for the tables that won't change anymore

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Re: Component Reinstall 02 May 2012 04:45 #2206

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OK - but I was under the impression that an uninstall retains the data?

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Re: Component Reinstall 02 May 2012 04:50 #2208

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It does not.
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For starters it's just so easy to design an app in a way that I'm used to i.e. database first then views followed by customization. The fork system is pure brilliance from a developer standpoint as I can override things and still add and update my projects with minimal effort! Truly amazing to be able to build components in Joomla using incremental refinement without having to do everything by hand. Thanks for the great tool! I am so much more productive now than ever and I can't imagine building components any other way!!!!
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