TopCoder Competition Engine - Problem Setup - ColorfulBuilding

Previously in Module Assembly - TopCoder Competition Engine - Setup SnowCleaning Problem and Contest, We have created a formal instruction which can be easily followed to create sqls and complimentary files to presetup problems in informix database for VM usage.

the purpose of this challenge is to generate the needed changes for scripts svn, so we can pre-setup the problems.

Step 1: Setup Individule Problem in MPSQAS

The needed information is extracted in the problem.zip (attached in forum). Please follow the SRM Problem Guide to see how to setup the SRM problem.

Step 2: Extract the Data Files

Please the Instruction.doc to generate the sqls and other data files.

Step 3: Verification

To merge your changes with scripts svn,  you can do the following steps to get the informix database in Arena VM.

1. login as apps account
2. switch to informix account (password is 1nf0rm1x)
3. onmode -ky
4. oninit 
5. apply the changes to scripts directory
6. ant reinstall_db
7. using MPSQAS client  to check the problem are properly setup, and it is able to compile and test.

Arena VM Usage

Before asking your own VM, you need to have a public key on your profile before asking for the VM.

You can find more details on how to generate a key http://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/display/projects/Generate+SSH+Key and how to connect using it http://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/display/projects/Connect+Using+SSH+Key.

Please reference http://apps.topcoder.com/wiki/display/docs/Competition+Engine+VM+Setup for general usage.

Previously, we have made several update for the Arena VM.  So when the Arena VM allocated is available for you, there is a problem and a SRM contest already setup, you can reuse that for testing.

Final Submission Guidelines