Re:Chess in SQL
by vakrdotme on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @02:47PM
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That’s fascinating. I didn’t realize the WoW server was so database heavy. do you know if the original game logic was implemented mostly in stored procedures, or was it just used for persistence and the engine handled the rules elsewhere?
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I don't know I'm sorry. I'm not involved in the project, just a curious bystander!
Re:Chess in SQL
by StilesCrisis on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @05:43PM
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It's not, no. The data you see in these files is reconstituted from the data that shipped with the game client, but they're not a perfect match for the real data.
The game servers are all C++ and don't use stored procedures for general gameplay management. They do handle inventory management so that item duping is generally not possible, and complex things like cross-server character transfer use stored procedures.