Changed data export method to be a bit more streamlined. Not all data will be exported and a purge will not clear the data. This is for my use only, so I will have no pity on the fool who sets export to true and then complains about the memory usage.

QuestHelper/QuestHelper.toc

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Version: 4.0.1.$svnversion$
 ## Dependencies: QHData-base
 ## OptionalDeps: Cartographer_Waypoints, TomTom, Cartographer_InstanceMaps, !Swatter, tekticles, UnicodeFont, ClearFont2
-## SavedVariables: QuestHelper_Pref QuestHelper_UID QuestHelper_SaveDate QuestHelper_Errors QuestHelper_Collector QuestHelper_Collector_Version
+## SavedVariables: QuestHelper_Pref QuestHelper_UID QuestHelper_SaveDate QuestHelper_Errors QuestHelper_Collector QuestHelper_Collector_Version QHDB_Export
 ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: QuestHelper_KnownFlightRoutes QuestHelper_Home QuestHelper_CharVersion QuestHelper_Flight_Updates
 ## X-Website: http://www.quest-helper.com/
 ## X-Embeds: AstrolabeQH, ChatThrottleLib

QuestHelper/db_get.lua

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ QuestHelper_File["db_get.lua"] = "4.0.1.$svnversion$"
 QuestHelper_Loadtime["db_get.lua"] = GetTime()
 
 local dev_mode = (QuestHelper_File["db_get.lua"] == "Development Version")
-
+QHDB_Export = {}
+local export = false
 -- yoink
 --[[
 local QHDB_temp = QHDB
@@ -200,7 +201,8 @@ function DB_GetItem(group, id, silent, register)
   if ite then
     frequencies[ite] = (frequencies[ite] or 0) + (register and 1 or 1000000000) -- effectively infinity
   end
-  
+ 
+  if export then QHDB_Export[group][id] = ite end
   return ite
 end
 
@@ -274,30 +276,3 @@ function DB_DumpItems()
   end
   return dt
 end
-
-function DB_PrintTable(tbl, idt)
-  for k, v in pairs(tbl) do
-    if type(v) ~= "table" then
-      print(idt .. tostring(k) .. " = " .. tostring(v))
-    else
-      print(idt .. tostring(k) .. " =")
-      DB_PrintTable(v, idt .. "    ")
-    end
-  end
-end
-  
-function DB_Export()
-  for group, _ in pairs(QHDB) do
-    print(group)
-    for idx = 1, 99999 do
-      if DB_HasItem(group, idx) then
-        local ite = DB_GetItem(group, idx)
-        if type(ite) == "table" then
-          DB_PrintTable(ite, "    ")
-        else
-          print(ite)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end