Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-25956839-20170429133703

Hi,

I have a question about using the Arrays extension. Is it possible to create a single database containing all the car data used commonly throughout the RR3 wiki?

e.g.:


 * w:c:rr3:Cars
 * w:c:rr3:Cars (Base Stats) (+other 'car' tables)
 * w:c:rr3:Ford Focus RS
 * w:c:rr3:Pure Stock Challenge
 * w:c:rr3:Ford

All these pages, and others contain common data. It would be better to hold a central database containing all the car data, and pull that data to the required pages.

I've been looking at the Array extension, this may give the required central database, each car could have a unique reference, and all the data held in a single location. Possibly a template/function, containing all the arraydefine data.
 * 1) Has anyone used array in this way?
 * 2) If a single template, contained all the arraydefine data, was used:
 * 3) Would the article page need to call the template every time?
 * 4) Would this be detrimental to mobile users (i.e. on data plans)?
 * 5) Does anyone have an example of array being used in this way?
 * 6) Is there another way to create a single database?

RR3 Michael P (talk) 13:37, April 29, 2017 (UTC) 