Re: [GENERAL] postgres user account on OSX

2008-10-13 Thread Darren Weber
nks, Darren On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Shane Ambler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darren Weber wrote: > > If you want a GUI to alter the home location of the existing user >>> account run NetInfo Manager which is in /Applications/Utilities >>> >> >&

[GENERAL] Has anyone built pgbash-7.3 against postgreSQL-8.3?

2008-09-30 Thread Darren Weber
I'm curious about pgbash. I've taken a look at the website here: http://www.psn.co.jp/PostgreSQL/pgbash/index-e.html According to the history on the main home page, the pgbash package was last updated in 2003, ie: 2003.02.11 : pgbash-7.3 released (for PostgreSQL-7.3 and bash-2.05a). I've made a

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] macport for libpqxx

2008-09-20 Thread Darren Weber
structions to create your local repository here: http://guide.macports.org/chunked/development.local-repositories.html Then put this Portfile into databases/libpqxx within your repository. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 7:30 AM

[GENERAL] macport for libpqxx

2008-09-19 Thread Darren Weber
http://pqxx.org/development/libpqxx/ I'm in the process of creating a macport for libpqxx. I could use some help from anyone with experience in building postgresql or libpqxx on OSX, esp. against the macport libraries. Thanks, Darren -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgr

[GENERAL] using a GUI front end to postgres

2008-09-10 Thread Darren Weber
What's the best open-source front-end for rapid GUI query and report generation using postgres? Is it possible to use MS access as a front-end to postgres for rapid prototyping? Can that be done through ODBC? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes

[GENERAL] postgres user account on OSX

2008-09-10 Thread Darren Weber
There is a postgres user account on my OSX system. I'm not clear about how it was created. I've installed a binary version of 8.3 in /Library/PostgreSQL/8.3/ and built another version from source into /usr/local/pgsql/. When I login as root and then 'su - postgres' it takes me to the postgres ac

[GENERAL] OSX build of PostgreSQL 8.3.3 with macports

2008-09-09 Thread Darren Weber
For the record, I've found the following "kitchen sink options" will build and install on OS X 10.5 with macports. sudo -i port install gmake port install gawk port install flex port install bison +yacc port install openldap port install openssl port install libxml port install libxml2 port insta

Re: [GENERAL] OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)

2008-09-09 Thread Darren Weber
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Darren Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Darren Weber >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I also found t

Re: [GENERAL] OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)

2008-09-09 Thread Darren Weber
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Darren Weber > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yeah, I also found that fink conflicts with macports. I do like the >> idea of using the Debian repository and

Re: [GENERAL] OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)

2008-09-09 Thread Darren Weber
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> For one thing, I've discovered that setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is not a >>> great idea on OS X. For one, if you set it in your shell login >>> profi

Re: [GENERAL] OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)

2008-09-09 Thread Darren Weber
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:02 AM, Darren Weber > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm new to using PostgreSQL on mac OS X. I used a binary installer >> for PostgreSQL 8.3 on mac OS X 10.5,

[GENERAL] OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)

2008-09-08 Thread Darren Weber
I'm new to using PostgreSQL on mac OS X. I used a binary installer for PostgreSQL 8.3 on mac OS X 10.5, which installs into /Library/PostgreSQL/[version]/ I'm building a lot of software that links to libpq and most of the builds fail or the run-time fails, because it cannot find the PostgreS