[GRASSLIST:3516] Re: GRASS5.0.0pre3 - missing DBMSCAP file - connection to Postgres not working on a suse 7.3 box
Glynn Clements
glynn.clements at virgin.net
Mon Apr 15 00:35:26 EDT 2002
Lars Forseth wrote:
> I'm trying to learn GRASS; and have installed GRASS5.0.0pre3 on my SuSe7.3
> box. There I also have PostgreSQL upp and running. But; when I try to start
> the Postgres interface (and select a database in postgres) in GRASS through
> tcltkgrass and g.select.pg I get this error: " couldn't execute
> "g.select.pg": no such file or directory ". Trying to run DBMI also fails.
> Trying this gives that I seem to miss DBMSCAP:
> GRASS:~ > db.drivers
> DBMSCAP not set
> Error trying to read dbmscap file
> GRASS:~ >
>
> I have tried to find out where this file (DBMSCAP) should exist; and its
> content. Could someone please clarify this for me? (An example with a
> connection to postgres would be nice ).
It should be documented in the db.connect manual page.
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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
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