[GRASSLIST:1887] Re: mysql,pg drivers for 5.7

[Markus Neteler]

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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