[GRASSLIST:1882] Re: mysql,pg drivers for 5.7

[Christopher Fonnesbeck]

Yes, I was using Markus' binary, which based on the configure script he 
pointed me to was not compiled with either database driver. I am trying 
to compile it myself now.

C.

On Nov 25, 2003, at 8:59 AM, David Orme wrote:

> Are you using the binary version provided for Mac OS X by Markus 
> Neteler? I've downloaded the same thing and it works fine (Thanks, 
> Markus) but has the same limited set of drivers (dbf, shp) - I've been 
> assuming that the binary was built without postgres, mysql and odbc 
> support in order to reduce the set of dependencies and make the binary 
> more portable. If this isn't the case, I'd like to work out how to get 
> pgsql and odbc too but I suspect I need to configure and build my own 
> copy if I want a postgresql and ODBC support.
>
> David
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 12:12  am, Christopher Fonnesbeck 
> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to use either mysql or postgresql to store attributes for 
>> a GRASS database I am building in GRASS 5.7 (since 5.0.2 does not 
>> work reliably with postgresql). Unfortunately when I try and manage 
>> the default settings using v.database as outlined in the tutorial, 
>> the only drivers are dbf and shp (since when is shapefile a database 
>> driver??). Nowhere does it say where to get the pg/mysql drivers, so 
>> I would be most appreicative of anyone who would point me in the 
>> right direction. It might be a good idea to include these in future > 
>> releases.
>> --
>> Christopher J. Fonnesbeck ( c h r i s @ f o n n e s b e c k . o r g )
>> Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of 
>> Georgia
>>
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>
>
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Christopher J. Fonnesbeck ( c h r i s @ f o n n e s b e c k . o r g )
Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia