IRC statistics solution!

[Martz]

For quite a while various people have been interested in integrating IRC statistics with their forum - well, I stumbled upon some software written by someone else a few days ago.


This program, called Thales links to an existing IRC server (compiled as a hub, with the requirec C/N lines) and grabs data from the IRC network at the server level, meaning that accurate network wide data can be obtained. All the data is then (Ta da!) stored in a mySQL database - just what is required.

I don't have time to put this hack together, but I do have a basic page running with a few queries such as users online, top 10 channels etc.

1 problem which will arise is that Thales uses a "user" table like vB - so integration may be a problem - the same database can't be used. Maybe modifications to Thales or allows vB to access dual databases would work around this problem.

Live demo of what is possible here:

http://irc.utassault.net

For the IRC network I run - irc.utassault.net

Thales is available here
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/thales/