[GRASSLIST:1887] Re: mysql,pg drivers for 5.7
Markus Neteler
neteler at itc.it
Wed Nov 26 04:17:42 EST 2003
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 09:10:02AM -0500, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote:
> 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.
If you manage to do that (shouldn't be too difficult), could you
publish the binaries? I would appreciate if someone could take
over on a (ir)regular basis for MacOSX.
Markus
PS: The machine I was using didn't contain PG etc.
> 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
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> --
> 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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