I can confirm that values were loaded from the relevant xml file for my country.
Beginning import from URL: file:/var/www/apache-ofbiz-17.12.04/framework/common /data/GeoData_CA.xml 2020-10-26 17:27:43,384 |main |EntitySaxReader |I| Transaction Timeout set to 2 hours (7200 seconds) 2020-10-26 17:27:43,424 |main |EntitySaxReader |I| Finished 26 values from file:/var/www/apache-ofbiz-17.12.04/framework/common/da ta/GeoData_CA.xml On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 13:25, Dominic Amann <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Dominic Amann M 416-270-4587
