Yes, the data is there (in XML). I guess I need to go poking around in the database to find out if it got into there during setup? Or perhaps check the pages of output during the "./gradlew loadAll " step... I'll do the latter first.
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 13:11, Jason RJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dominic, > > Province data and similar locality data is part of the seed data and > loaded from the /framework/common/data/Geo*.xml files you should be able > to spot that being loaded in your initial setup log output. It's been a > while since I've spun up a clean instance, but the data is certainly > there so it's just not being loaded for some reason. > > Hope that helps, > > Jason > > > On 26/10/2020 16:55, Dominic Amann wrote: > > I am attempting to setup OFBiz for my business. > > > > I am a Linux developer of many years experience. > > > > I wanted a secure (SSL) setup, and I thought I would use Mariadb as I > > already use that for other software, and I would avoid duplication with > > another database. I stretched this further by wanting to have no demo > data. > > > > I found it very difficult to accomplish all this. Much more difficult > than > > I might have expected for a major apache project. However, I persevered, > > and after a whole weekend of work, I got it working to a first order. I > > have documented each step I took. > > > > HOWEVER: > > > > I CANNOT ADD A PARTY MAILING ADDRESS. There are no provinces listed for > > Canada. There are no states listed for the USA. I don't know other > > countries intimately, so I can't speak for them. As a result of being > > incomplete, I cannot add addresses at all. > > > > I initially thought this must be because I did not use the demo data. > So, I > > repeated my work, but left the demo data in place. SAME PROBLEM. > > > > Then I thought that perhaps I should do the migration (to Mysql) AFTER > > setting up the initial data. That was BROKEN and wouldn't complete on > > import, and the resulting website wouldn't display properly. > > > > Then I thought it might be the database - perhaps it doesn't work with > > mysql. I would just do the straightforward install, and work with that. > > SAME PROBLEM. > > > > So here we are: 3 full days and I can't enter my first employee, even > with > > the simplest install with default settings. Of course there is one > > fundamental lesson here: never just believe that something works just > > because it is from a reputable project that has been out there for > years. I > > should have known better. > > > -- Dominic Amann M 416-270-4587
