Re: r22449 - gnucash/trunk/src/backend/dbi/test - Add unittests for mysql and postgresql backends

2012-10-26 Thread Geert Janssens
unittests for mysql and postgresql backends Will this change require a running mysql and pg instance to "make check"? (I haven't looked closely enough at the code). Will it still pass if you don't have the mysql or pg dbd backends? -derek The tests for mysql and pgsql will only

Re: r22449 - gnucash/trunk/src/backend/dbi/test - Add unittests for mysql and postgresql backends

2012-10-26 Thread Derek Atkins
Add unittests for mysql and postgresql backends Will this change require a running mysql and pg instance to "make check"? (I haven't looked closely enough at the code). Will it still pass if you don't have the mysql or pg dbd backends? -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MI

Re: Postgresql

2010-09-08 Thread Geert Janssens
On Wednesday 8 September 2010, Paddy Walker wrote: > I am using Gnucash 2.3.13 in Fedora 13. > I wish to try the "save as" and select postgresql. > I have a postgresql server running. I have established a role in my user > name. I have created a database "gnucash".

Re: Postgresql

2010-09-08 Thread Derek Atkins
Do you have the postgres DBD (DBI Driver) installed? -derek On Wed, September 8, 2010 1:05 pm, Paddy Walker wrote: > I am using Gnucash 2.3.13 in Fedora 13. > I wish to try the "save as" and select postgresql. > I have a postgresql server running. I have established a role in

Postgresql

2010-09-08 Thread Paddy Walker
I am using Gnucash 2.3.13 in Fedora 13. I wish to try the "save as" and select postgresql. I have a postgresql server running. I have established a role in my user name. I have created a database "gnucash". I still do not get postgresql listed as an option in the drop down

Re: Do we now have a database locking for sqlite/mysql/postgresql?

2010-08-12 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Christian Stimming writes: > I've asked this before, and the conclusion was that a lock on the full > database is probably easiest and also sufficient. Is such a lock > already in place? Will it work for all three existing dbi drivers? > > I couldn't recall reading about this in the commit l

Do we now have a database locking for sqlite/mysql/postgresql?

2010-08-11 Thread Christian Stimming
big red warning sign in case it already exists. Because of the non-existence of multi-user capabilities, we *must* ship with a similar database lock in case the backend is not XML but sqlite3 or mysql or postgresql (depending on the available dbi drivers). I've asked this before, an

Change in how mysql/postgresql databases are named in 2.3.11

2010-03-22 Thread Phil Longstaff
If you have downloaded 2.3.11 and are using a mysql or postgresql backend with it, then gnucash will *not* automatically load your database when you start gnucash. This is due to a change in how the database reference is formatted internally (to make more consistent). Instead, you will need to

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Conrad Canterford wrote: > On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 18:37 +, Mike Evans wrote: >> On Sunday February 21 2010 17:22:59 Donald Allen wrote: >> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM,   wrote: >> > > A question for you folks -- >> > > Does anyone know how far back a data

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-23 Thread Conrad Canterford
On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 18:37 +, Mike Evans wrote: > On Sunday February 21 2010 17:22:59 Donald Allen wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM, wrote: > > > A question for you folks -- > > > Does anyone know how far back a data file must go before the SQL > > > interface starts truncating dat

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-21 Thread Mike Evans
t) exhibits the incorrect behavior. Doing a 'Save As' sqlite3 > >> and then restarting gnucash produces the same truncation behavior > >> described in bug 609583, which is not surprising, since I saw nothing > >> in the 2.3.9 or 2.3.10 release notes about this

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-21 Thread Donald Allen
Doing a 'Save As'  sqlite3 >> and then restarting gnucash produces the same truncation behavior >> described in bug 609583, which is not surprising, since I saw nothing >> in the 2.3.9 or 2.3.10 release notes about this issue having been >> fixed (I first observed it

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-20 Thread z33b0b
enamed Bug 609583 to "Database backend loses data", because > after I entered the bug, I did the same test with sqlite3 and observed > the same truncation behavior I saw with postgresql. So the issue > described in that bug appears to be above the database-specific code. > >

[Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-19 Thread Donald Allen
base backend loses data", because after I entered the bug, I did the same test with sqlite3 and observed the same truncation behavior I saw with postgresql. So the issue described in that bug appears to be above the database-specific code. /Don __

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-19 Thread Geert Janssens
w. No display of the chart of accounts, nothing. > This is a step backward from 2.3.8, where I was able to get much > further, displaying accounts normally, and then saving to either > postgresql or sqlite3, where I observed the truncation issue we've > been discussing. > Aside

Re: [Bug 609583] Postgresql backend loses data

2010-02-19 Thread Donald Allen
displaying accounts normally, and then saving to either postgresql or sqlite3, where I observed the truncation issue we've been discussing. /Don ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel

PostgreSQL date handling

2009-08-28 Thread Colin Kelly
I have gnucash 2.3.4 connecting to a pgsql server. Using an existing datafile I connected to a blank pgsql db using the "Save As" dialog. It created the structure and inserted the data well AFAIK. Initially, it looked OK and I saved as an xml file before exiting. When I re connected to the

Re: 2.3.3 saving to postgresql causes zombie scheduled transactions

2009-08-12 Thread Phil Longstaff
7;m using > dd/mm/yy format). After saving to postgresql and restarting GC, the same > transaction now has "forever" selected. "Since last run" now contains > all the occurances of this transaction from 28/2/08 until now. > > I was running wi

2.3.3 saving to postgresql causes zombie scheduled transactions

2009-08-12 Thread Graham Menhennitt
I found (one of) the corruptions that I mentioned in my email of yesterday! I have an existing GC XML file that contains a scheduled transaction that had "repeats until" selected with a date of 28/02/08 (I'm using dd/mm/yy format). After saving to postgresql and restarti

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-14 Thread Brian Amos
vel@gnucash.org; plongst...@rogers.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:26:17 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL > > I have PostgreSQL configured on a linux server. when I do the save as > dialog in gnucash on winXP pro to save on that server gnucash

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-14 Thread Phil Longstaff
for a file named gnucash.trace.XX where XX is some 6 character code). Phil From: Brian Amos To: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org; plongst...@rogers.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:26:17 PM Subject: Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL I have PostgreSQL con

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-14 Thread Brian Amos
I have PostgreSQL configured on a linux server. when I do the save as dialog in gnucash on winXP pro to save on that server gnucash crashes. Is this error related to https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2009-July/025821.html? using gnucash on winXPpro tablet edition. postgres 8.2.5

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-14 Thread Anders Johansson
Thanks for the instructions.  I was able to get to the dialog to save as a PostGreSQL database file.  Now I have to get PostGreSQL configured so I can use it.   Regards, Anders --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Phil Longstaff wrote: From: Phil Longstaff Subject: Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL To

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-09 Thread Phil Longstaff
On July 9, 2009 08:24:57 pm Anders Johansson wrote: > How do I install GNU Cash to use PostGreSQL as the backend? I am running > Win XP Pro, service pack 3. I currently have GNU Cash 2.2.9 and willing to > experiment with 2.3.2, but would like to try it using the PostGreSQL > backend

Re: Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-09 Thread Albert Lash
Hi Anders, I believe the SQL backend uses libdbi, so that might be a good starting place. That's about all the advice I can offer as I don't use Windows. - Albert On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Anders Johansson wrote: > How do I install GNU Cash to use PostGreSQL as the backend? 

Installing GNU Cash with PostGreSQL

2009-07-09 Thread Anders Johansson
How do I install GNU Cash to use PostGreSQL as the backend?  I am running Win XP Pro, service pack 3.  I currently have GNU Cash 2.2.9 and willing to experiment with 2.3.2, but would like to try it using the PostGreSQL backend. Thanks, Anders

DBI backend now supports mysql and postgresql

2008-07-13 Thread Phil Longstaff
As of rev 17323, the gda-dev2 backend supports mysql and postgresql databases again. Despite the name, it uses the DBI library (http://libdbi.sourceforge.net). In the file menu, the 'Database Connection' menu entry allows you to save to or load from one of these databases. This en

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-19 Thread Daniel Espinosa
Please see at attachment for a patch to add AUTOINC (set type to serial) on Postgresql. Hops this helps to Phil in the problem to autoincrement Pkey at Postgresql GDA provider, This will close Bugs: #515306 and #515528 Just wait for gnome-db developers to review it. 2008/2/7, Mark Johnson

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-18 Thread Decibel!
On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:09 PM, Mark Johnson wrote: I'd be interested in any benchmarks you have. Re SQL statement length: the mysql document says there is a 16MB limit and I didn't see any limit in the sqlite documentation. Is there a way of doing something like: SELECT DISTINCT tx_guid FRO

Re: gda crash in load_owner() with PostgreSQL backend

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Johnson
KEY will create implicit index >>> "billterms_pkey" for table "billterms" >>> but my data seems to load correctly. Note that I don't actually have any >>> billing terms in my data. >>> >>> I'll do some more testing. >>> >>

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Johnson
Graham Leggett wrote: > Derek Atkins wrote: > >> I think the question was more: Does every table have to HAVE >> a primary key? Yes, the primary key must be unique, but what >> if a table has no primary key? Is that still okay? > > It's perfectly ok, yes - but primary keys are used heavily for

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Graham Leggett
Derek Atkins wrote: I think the question was more: Does every table have to HAVE a primary key? Yes, the primary key must be unique, but what if a table has no primary key? Is that still okay? It's perfectly ok, yes - but primary keys are used heavily for optimisation. Without them, perfor

Re: gda crash in load_owner() with PostgreSQL backend

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Johnson
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index > "billterms_pkey" for table "billterms" > but my data seems to load correctly. Note that I don't actually have any > billing terms in my data. > > I'll do some more testing. > > Thanks, &

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Johnson
Derek Atkins wrote: > Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Phil Longstaff wrote: >> >>> The slot_id is used to provide a unique primary key. I don't know if it >>> would work to have the slots table have *no* key, but have an index on >>> the obj_guid field. The obj_guid fiel

Re: gda crash in load_owner() with PostgreSQL backend

2008-02-14 Thread Graham Menhennitt
Phil Longstaff wrote: > Graham Menhennitt wrote: > >> saved. I then try to load from the DB using a command line parameter of >> the DSN. It runs for a few seconds and then crashes with a segmentation >> violation. >> > I just committed rev 16942 which should fix this. I don't use the >

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Nathan Buchanan
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Phil Longstaff wrote: > >> The slot_id is used to provide a unique primary key. I don't know if > it > >> would work to have the slots table have *no* key, but have an index

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Derek Atkins
Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Phil Longstaff wrote: >> The slot_id is used to provide a unique primary key. I don't know if it >> would work to have the slots table have *no* key, but have an index on >> the obj_guid field. The obj_guid field can't be the primary key because >> I

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-14 Thread Derek Atkins
Phil Longstaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Derek, any thoughts on the 3.x vs 1.3.x question (from another thread)? > If we try to target the gda backend for GC 2.4 (I saw a suggested > release date near the end of the 2008), what is the "supported" set of > linux releases (fedora 6 and above

Re: gda crash in load_owner() with PostgreSQL backend

2008-02-13 Thread Phil Longstaff
Graham Menhennitt wrote: > G'day all, > > I've successfully built the gda branch version 16939 from SVN. I can run > it with a normal gnucash data file as the command line parameter and > then save to a PostgreSQL DSN using the File->Database Connection menu > item.

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Derek Atkins
l be posting my >> results so far (i.e. without any additional indices) soon (hopefully >> later today). Obviously, they can't include the complete series of >> queries for PostgreSQL. I have done MySql and SQLite, but need to run >> the partial series for PostgreSQL. >

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Daniel Espinosa
. I will be posting my > results so far (i.e. without any additional indices) soon (hopefully > later today). Obviously, they can't include the complete series of > queries for PostgreSQL. I have done MySql and SQLite, but need to run > the partial series for PostgreSQL. >

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Johnson
an index to see if it helped. I haven't got that far though. I will be posting my results so far (i.e. without any additional indices) soon (hopefully later today). Obviously, they can't include the complete series of queries for PostgreSQL. I have done MySql and SQLite, but need to ru

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Johnson
Phil Longstaff wrote: > Mark Johnson wrote: > >> Previously, I had suggested a workaround for the empty PostgreSQL slots >> table problem. >> >> I have now tried the work-around for the empty slots table problem with >> PostgreSQL. The type SERIAL is

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Derek Atkins
Quoting Greg Troxel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Saving to the db deletes all tables and then recreates them. It > therefore deleted the slot_id without the default value. It wouldn't > have touched the sequence. I'll need to build your workaround into a > rev and then let you try it. There's al

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Greg Troxel
Saving to the db deletes all tables and then recreates them. It therefore deleted the slot_id without the default value. It wouldn't have touched the sequence. I'll need to build your workaround into a rev and then let you try it. There's also an argument to be made that I should

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Phil Longstaff
Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > Phil Longstaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Saving to the db deletes all tables and then recreates them. It >> therefore deleted the slot_id without the default value. It wouldn't >> have touched the sequence. I'll need to build your workaround into a >>

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Phil Longstaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Saving to the db deletes all tables and then recreates them. It > therefore deleted the slot_id without the default value. It wouldn't > have touched the sequence. I'll need to build your workaround into a > rev and then let you try it. Ther

Re: GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Phil Longstaff
Mark Johnson wrote: > Previously, I had suggested a workaround for the empty PostgreSQL slots > table problem. > > I have now tried the work-around for the empty slots table problem with > PostgreSQL. The type SERIAL is simply a convenience, and not a real > type. I had hop

GDA: empty PostgreSQL table failed workaround

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Johnson
Previously, I had suggested a workaround for the empty PostgreSQL slots table problem. I have now tried the work-around for the empty slots table problem with PostgreSQL. The type SERIAL is simply a convenience, and not a real type. I had hoped the convenience extended to ALTER TABLE, but it

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-11 Thread Mark Johnson
figure script will > need to detect 1.3.x vs 3.x, and the gda backend will need to handle > those 2 libgda revs and the 3 backends (sqlite/mysql/postgresql) using > SQL only (no GdaQuery). I should be able to set things up with most > of the code in common and only a few special cases

gda crash in load_owner() with PostgreSQL backend

2008-02-11 Thread Graham Menhennitt
G'day all, I've successfully built the gda branch version 16939 from SVN. I can run it with a normal gnucash data file as the command line parameter and then save to a PostgreSQL DSN using the File->Database Connection menu item. By looking in the DB using psql, it seems that my

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-10 Thread Phil Longstaff
> I had compiled the V4 branch with the idea of testing it with > gnucash-gda. Not necessarily a good idea as it would be testing both > gda and gnucash-gda simultaneously. Thus, so far, I have not > installed it. As you will see below, I am having enough trouble with > the curr

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-09 Thread Mark Johnson
g it with gnucash-gda. Not necessarily a good idea as it would be testing both gda and gnucash-gda simultaneously. Thus, so far, I have not installed it. As you will see below, I am having enough trouble with the current (3.1.2) PostgreSQL provider. >>> >>> It looks as th

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-09 Thread Phil Longstaff
Mark Johnson wrote: > Phil Longstaff wrote: >> Mark Johnson wrote: >>> The slots table includes an id field which is "auto_increment". >>> PostgreSQL does not implement that keyword. Instead, it appears to >>> accept it, but ignore it when c

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-09 Thread Mark Johnson
Phil Longstaff wrote: > Mark Johnson wrote: >> The slots table includes an id field which is "auto_increment". >> PostgreSQL does not implement that keyword. Instead, it appears to >> accept it, but ignore it when creating the table. (This may actually >

Re: GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-07 Thread Phil Longstaff
Mark Johnson wrote: > The slots table includes an id field which is "auto_increment". > PostgreSQL does not implement that keyword. Instead, it appears to > accept it, but ignore it when creating the table. (This may actually be > libgda's PostgreSQL provider doing

GDA: PostgreSQL empty slots table

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Johnson
The slots table includes an id field which is "auto_increment". PostgreSQL does not implement that keyword. Instead, it appears to accept it, but ignore it when creating the table. (This may actually be libgda's PostgreSQL provider doing that.) Gnucash-gda relies upon t

Re: Postgres progress; WAS: Deactivate --enable-sql because PostgreSQL backend is still broken and we can't fix it before 2.0.0; bug#332251.

2006-05-25 Thread Derek Atkins
Quoting Christian Stimming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If it were much more helpful to have such an extra dialog, compared to not having one, then we might agree to add those strings. But frankly I don't see much value in that. We could add an AC_MSG_WARN if --enable-sql is used (probably in the messag

Re: Postgres progress; WAS: Deactivate --enable-sql because PostgreSQL backend is still broken and we can't fix it before 2.0.0; bug#332251.

2006-05-25 Thread Christian Stimming
Am Donnerstag, 25. Mai 2006 16:07 schrieb Derek Atkins: > >> I've been trying to see how far I can bring the postgres backend in > >> the past couple days, on the misc-backend branch. > > I know it's past string freeze, but. Is it potentially worthwhile > to pop up a dialog when the user opens

Re: Postgres progress; WAS: Deactivate --enable-sql because PostgreSQL backend is still broken and we can't fix it before 2.0.0; bug#332251.

2006-05-25 Thread Derek Atkins
Christian Stimming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Donnerstag, 25. Mai 2006 01:28 schrieb Chris Shoemaker: >> I've been trying to see how far I can bring the postgres backend in >> the past couple days, on the misc-backend branch. >> >> Currently, I've been successful at: >> >> - opening a data

Re: Postgres progress; WAS: Deactivate --enable-sql because PostgreSQL backend is still broken and we can't fix it before 2.0.0; bug#332251.

2006-05-25 Thread Christian Stimming
Am Donnerstag, 25. Mai 2006 01:28 schrieb Chris Shoemaker: > I've been trying to see how far I can bring the postgres backend in > the past couple days, on the misc-backend branch. > > Currently, I've been successful at: > > - opening a database created with 1.8 > - saving the opened database a

Postgres progress; WAS: Deactivate --enable-sql because PostgreSQL backend is still broken and we can't fix it before 2.0.0; bug#332251.

2006-05-24 Thread Chris Shoemaker
Devs, I've been trying to see how far I can bring the postgres backend in the past couple days, on the misc-backend branch. Currently, I've been successful at: - opening a database created with 1.8 - saving the opened database as an xml file - creating a new database with 1.9 Caveats: 1)

Re: postgresql and business features

2005-04-17 Thread Derek Atkins
Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think extending the auto-complete within the business code to re-use the > cache between business windows would be a very useful addition to GnuCash. I think *IMPLEMENTING* autocompletion in the business ledger would be useful.. Right now it's not i

Re: postgresql and business features

2005-04-17 Thread Neil Williams
On Sunday 17 April 2005 4:01 am, Brian wrote: > On Sat, 2005-16-04 at 17:03 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > > On Saturday 16 April 2005 4:41 pm, Brian wrote: > > > So far I have found that in entering a new vendor bill that the > > > descriptions have a short term memory. It is only for the current

Re: postgresql and business features

2005-04-16 Thread Brian
On Sat, 2005-16-04 at 17:03 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Saturday 16 April 2005 4:41 pm, Brian wrote: > > So far I have found that in entering a new vendor bill that the > > descriptions have a short term memory. It is only for the current bill! > > Rarely would I have to enter the same descri

Re: postgresql and business features

2005-04-16 Thread Neil Williams
On Saturday 16 April 2005 4:41 pm, Brian wrote: > So far I have found that in entering a new vendor bill that the > descriptions have a short term memory. It is only for the current bill! > Rarely would I have to enter the same description twice in the same > bill, but would enter the same descrip

postgresql and business features

2005-04-16 Thread Brian
above could be implemented in an xml database for smaller requirements but would be more suitable to a regular database for larger numbers of vendors/items to remember. This brings up the postgersql question. Is there still interest/work on bringing the postgresql integration up to date with the

Re: PostgreSQL development

2005-02-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 20 February 2005 4:51 am, Derek Atkins wrote: >> "Matthew Vanecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Specifically, I'm working on GDA support (www.gnome-db.org), which >> > encompasses P

Re: PostgreSQL development

2005-02-20 Thread Neil Williams
On Sunday 20 February 2005 4:51 am, Derek Atkins wrote: > "Matthew Vanecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Specifically, I'm working on GDA support (www.gnome-db.org), which > > encompasses Postgresql, mySQL, SQLite, and I believe Oracle and DB2. So &g

Re: PostgreSQL development

2005-02-19 Thread Derek Atkins
"Matthew Vanecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Specifically, I'm working on GDA support (www.gnome-db.org), which > encompasses Postgresql, mySQL, SQLite, and I believe Oracle and DB2. So > far, I've got the basics (Accounts, Transactions, Splits, KVP) loading

Re: PostgreSQL development

2005-02-19 Thread Matthew Vanecek
ite support? If it is >> being actively developed, what is its status and what problems still >> need to be solved? > > One developer is actively working on combined PG/SQLite support. > Hopefully he'll chime in and provide a more detailed answer. > > -derek Specifi

Re: PostgreSQL development

2005-02-19 Thread Derek Atkins
"Burress, Tobias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've browsed through the archives (patches and devel) for the past few > months and didn't see much discussion on this. Is psql support still > being pursued, or is it being deferred to SQLite support? If it is > being actively developed, what is i

PostgreSQL development

2005-02-19 Thread Burress, Tobias
I've browsed through the archives (patches and devel) for the past few months and didn't see much discussion on this. Is psql support still being pursued, or is it being deferred to SQLite support? If it is being actively developed, what is its status and what problems still need to be solved? _

Re: PostgreSQL backend versus FreeBSD

2001-06-24 Thread Dave Peticolas
On 23 Jun 2001 17:50:23 -0700, Alex Zepeda wrote: > So I felt a bit masochistic today and decided to have another go at > building everything. So far the biggest problem has been the dependency > on non-standard functions like atoll and stpcpy. atoll is easy to > replace, since strtoll is ISO C

PostgreSQL backend versus FreeBSD

2001-06-24 Thread Alex Zepeda
So I felt a bit masochistic today and decided to have another go at building everything. So far the biggest problem has been the dependency on non-standard functions like atoll and stpcpy. atoll is easy to replace, since strtoll is ISO C compliant (C99). stpcpy is a bit more difficult since it'

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-31 Thread Christopher Browne
> If not, I spoke to both camps, and the MySQL people said that they > already have a patch that'll allow embedded use. They just have to > get around to auditing and incorporating it, and the PostgreSQL people > said that you could pretty easily launch a copy of postgresql in a &g

Re: Offtopic, database design; Was: Re: Get PostgreSQL installed aspart of the distros

2000-10-30 Thread Al Snell
he data file - the Sequential Access - then add index entries - the I stands for Indexed - to enable rapid finding of the correct file offset. More advanced versions intelligently reuse the gaps left by deleted records rather than always sequentially appending; more primitive versions (eg, PostgreS

Re: Offtopic, database design; Was: Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-30 Thread Patrick Spinler
> For example filling in a sequential primary > key properly is a typical case, each database provides its own facility for, > Oracle sequences, MSSQL identity columns, etc. > Just a note as a gainfully employed DBA: _DO_NOT_USE_SEQUENTIALLY_INCREASING_COLUMNS_AS_PRIMARY_KEYS_ Please. Th

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-24 Thread Rob Browning
w embedded use. They just have to get around to auditing and incorporating it, and the PostgreSQL people said that you could pretty easily launch a copy of postgresql in a "sandbox" and talk to it from your app. With a tiny amount more coding effort, you could fix it so that you tal

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-22 Thread Clark Jones
Christopher Browne wrote: [...] > The options that leap to mind are: > a) Berkeley Sleepycat DB. This tends to be _included_ with GNU-related >systems, and provides, in its latest versions, transaction logging, >locking, and all that sort of thing. There has been some discussion >of

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-21 Thread Christopher Browne
y-oriented DBMSes) e) InterBase was designed to work with embedded apps f) I'm interested to see what SAP does with sapdb, apparently soon to be available under GPL. All of these are designed with more of a view to embedding them in other applications than was the case for MySQL or Postg