On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:38:21AM +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: > On Mon, 2016-02-01 at 12:23 +0000, Chris Green wrote: > > Back in 2012 I think it was I tried glom and found it didn't quite do > > what I wanted. However I'm probably looking for something different > > now and also glom has moved on. > > > > So, a couple of initial questions about how it uses databases. I > > know > > that back in 2012 my major issue with glom was that it used > > postresql, > > it still does but things seem to have changed a bit. > > > > I have installed glom on my xubuntu 15.10 system > > Using the PPA packages, right? The official Ubuntu packages are usually > terribly out of date and buggy. > Yes.
> > and tried some of the > > examples, these seem somehow to work with local files rather than a > > database server. Can I get it to work the same way with my own > > databases (i.e. ones I have created myself with glom)? Will these > > databases be compatible with any other software or are they specific > > glom format? > > It always uses a (PostgreSQL) database server. Unless you choose to use > an existing PostgreSQL database server, it starts one every time you > open the file. > Yes, I've since realised that, I had postgresql installed on the system where I ran it. So, as you say, Glom just starts its own server. That makes it *feel* a bit like sqlite in a way. > > Presumably if I install a postgresql server then glom can use that > > and > > share the databases with other programs. Yes? > > Yes. > > You probably do have a PostgreSQL server installed, because it's a > dependency of Glom. And it's probably running, because that's how the > packages work in debian/Ubuntu. But it's probably not configured. > It is confugured because in the past I have run things which needed postgresql, I've never bothered to remove it though nothing use it. > > Finally what is the status of sqlite3 in glom? Has the code been > > maintained at all? Can I build from source with the sqlite3 support > > and expect it to work? > > At least in the lower-level of the code (libglom and libgda) the > support is always there, and always tested by Glom's "make check" > regression tests. However, I have no plans to offer that choice in the > UI by default. It might work for you. > OK, thanks. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ glom-devel-list mailing list glom-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/glom-devel-list
