Reloading a database

[Mackiovello]

Why do you want to change the DB offline when you can run a script to modify the DB online..

A couple of reasons:

1. The application takes a bunch of input to determine how to alter the data, the input is easier to enter with a GUI

2. I can have tests and more controlled deployment

3. C# is more comfortable to code with

On the other hand, there are some drawbacks too: 

1. I have to deploy the application that alters the data separately, by running it is a script there's none of that since you can just copy paste the code

2. No need to unload etc. which makes it easier for the user

3. Easier to change since it doesn't require a separate environment

I'm not completely convinced that it's easier to do offline. How hard is it to alter the data with Lua? Is there a neat API? 

Try using 7-Zip instead, you can also upload .tar instead of .tar.gz

Thanks, I'll try that