On 5 December 2012 00:54, Andre Hasekamp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, > > At the moment I have an application which directly uses PostgreSQL, but > why not try and incorporate Gnome DB in the application? The (excellent) > GNOME Data Access 5 book describes several command line tools. So, before > writing any code, I thought it wise to first try and set up a connection > with my PostgreSQL database by means of: > > gda-control-center-5.0 > or > gda-test-connection-5.0 > Good idea! However I would advise you to use the gda-sql-5.0 program, which has more features and can be use like the psql tool. > > No luck so far. > > gda-control-center-5.0 gives the following error message as soon as I > start typing the user id / password: > couldn't connect to dbus session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible > causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message > bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the > network connection was broken. > This is indeed a strange error, but I don't think it makes the program fail anyway. > > gda-test-connection-5.0 I gives the following error message: > WARNING **: Can't open connection to DSN PostgreSQL: Could not set > search_path to /var/lib/pgsql/data > Can you send me the command line you used, and the result of executing "gda-sql-5.0 -l" and "gda-sql-5.0 -L"? > > Of course, as a GNOME Data Access beginner I may do something very stupid. > Maybe you can help me out. > I don't think so ;-) The software should work or report useable error messages, even if you don't know how to use it. > > Otherwise, since PostgreSQL runs fine and the Gnome DB command line tools > will undoubtedly function correctly, could there be a problem of > compatibility among versions of software packages? > This seems unlikely. > > Here is a list of software versions which I think might be of interest in > the current context. > > - Linux distro: openSUSE 12.2 > > The following packages all come from the openSUSE 12.2 repository. > > - Current kernel, version 3.4.11-2.16 > - PostgreSQL, version 9.1-7.16.1 > - libgda, version 5.0.3-3.1.2 > - libgda-postgres, version 5.0.3-3.1.2 > - D-bus Message Bus System, version 1.5.12-4.10.1 > > Since I program in C++, after I succeed in setting up a connection with > PostgreSQL through Gnome DB, I would use: > - libgdamm, version 4.99.6-2.1.2 > > Any idea what is going on? > Libgdamm is the C++ bindings, so I guess it's Ok to use them (they are used in the Glom program, so they should work properly even if the version nomber is 4.99). Regards, Vivien
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