Hopefully you've seen our GML quiz? It was really popular and great for beginners. If you haven't seen it, why not take a peek at this link and have a go?
>>> Take the beginners GML quiz
Now we've created a test for the hardcore. Extreme GML as we call it, is almost a new sport. It's not for the faint-hearted and should come with a parental warning!
A follow up to the popular quiz 'How much do you know about GML?', this extreme quiz takes it to the next level.
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Dual Loading of spatial data for update and fail-over using GO Loader.
There are a number of different fail-over solutions however creating a "Dual Load" using GO Loader is simple solution that any organisations can consider.
It basically means creating two copies of the data in different users, tables and tablespaces within the same database. Ideally the tablespaces containing the tables would be setup to be physically on different hard disks within the server for I/O and failover reasons. A third user has database views onto one of the two sets of data tables and remains a static connection point for applications such as MapInfo and/or ArcSDE. These views can then be ‘swapped’ using simple scripts to make one data set or the other ‘live’. Updates and COU can then be applied to the ‘non-live’ dataset without disruption to your customers access.
1. Minimise downtime during COU load and provide 24x7 access.
2. Minimise disruption when disks etc fails
3. Allow changes and updates to made when access to the dataset is required.
Contact the Snowflake Support team if you need any help with setting up a Dual Load
(....before we receive your urgent phone call last thing on Friday afternoon after a database crash!)
The lastest version of the GML schemas can be downloaded from the offical European Commision INSPIRE portal. Here is a quick link to the download page....
INSPIRE GML application schema download
Them try them out in the latest version of GO Loader and GO Publisher!
GO Publisher INSPIRE solution for creating INSPIRE data and WFS2.0
GO Loader INSPIRE solution for loading INSPIRE data