[David Bliss]

I have created, with help, an alternate data input to this application. This one focuses on getting data in the database "live"-- as quickly as possible from the stands as the competitions are happening. There are two components, (1) a VB application that the user works with to generate data, and (2) a python 2.5 and pymysql script that commits that data to the database. In the zip so far are two sample INI files needed to power the system, and the Python script to commit data. I know the code is a bit sloppy, and there's probably a few bugs, but it seems to work pretty well so far, so I thought I'd post something to let anyone interested know what I was up to.

tournament.ini is generated by a to-be-written script, and the other INI by the VB app. The python script in the ZIP takes the INI to commit as the only command-line argument, and prompts for the MySQL username/password.

Enjoy. If you want windows binaries, those will take a couple days.