Brendon
Recommend that you do not initially to run-install-seed. Also recommend
that you do not use postgres initially.
Start like this:
1. Download the svn into a directory.
2. Install java and ant and make sure you JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME set up
correctly. Sounds like you are using windows, so go to the control panel,
and add system environmental variables to reflect the install locations.
3. Run ant run-install
This installs some demo data you can play with.
4. startofbiz (it's a batch file)
You can then connect to http:\\localhost:8080\webtools\control\main
Then, after you have your feet wet and are ready to load your own data into
it,
1. ant clean-all
2. ant run-install-seed
This just loads the required seed data with no demo stuff in it.
You can then use Access or whatever to populate the database
with your data.
You might want to set up postgres before importing your live data.
Note that ant clean-all does not clean out external databases. You have to
drop the database and then recreate it to start from scratch.
Cheers
Skip
-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan Vogt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Initial Data Loading
Hi,
I am new to this kind of setup. I am a C# programmer, and I am used to
clicking a couple of times then everything is installed and ready to go. I
am wanting to try out the OfBiz application.
After hours of trying to get the source code, I managed to download it. Now
I am following the installation steps as set out in:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Apache+OFBiz+Technical+Production+Setu
p+Guide
I am busy with the section under Initial Data Loading. I have SQL Server
2005, but want to use Postgres database. I have it installed as well. I
have added the JDBC driver .rar in the directory which they said I must.
Question
I must install the data like:
java -jar ofbiz.jar -install -readers=seed
Where do I get ofbiz.jar from?
Question
What is the difference between seed and demo?
Regards,
Brendan
