[erlang-questions] Initializing mnesia

[lloyd@REDACTED]

Hello,

At first blush, initializing mnesia looks like a piece of cake:

init() ->
    mnesia:create_schema([node()]),
    mnesia:start(),
    mnesia:create_table(....

But suppose one wants to automate it--- "Look, Ma, no hands!" by, say, running it under a top-level supervisor.

Seems we need to:

- check to see if we have a schema
    -- if not, create schema
- check to see if mnesia is running
    -- if not, start it
- check to see if tables are defined
    -- if not, define them

Surfing around I found this:

http://erlang.2086793.n4.nabble.com/When-to-create-mnesia-schema-for-OTP-applications-td2115607.html

Seems to work with Seth Falcon's fix; but the fix produces a warning when compiled. I could live with that, but it bugs me.

Seems to me there must be a more elegant way to solve the problem. Spent half a day on it but the explosion of crash conditions and valid returns put my brain in tilt mode.

It's not like I'm inventing the wheel here. Does some kind should have a simple mean-and-lean solution to the problem?

Many thanks,

LRP










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