for Firebird, you need to have the Python DB driver - kinterbasedb -
installedhttp://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/
In your code, you create a database connection for firebird w/ this format:
db = SQLDB('firebird://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3050/db_to_connect_to')
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Stever_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, I was able to kill the perpetrator (on Fedora "nasd" was taking
> port 8000) and started web2py using the default port.
> The demodb app runs fine now.
> I am still trying to figure out how to configure web2py to use
> database drivers other than SQLite3.
> I already have firebird server installed on my machine. But I guess I
> need some configuration parameter so the web2py can find it.
> Can anyone help?
>
> On Dec 8, 1:59 pm, Stever_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wasn't able to run the appliance, and it gave an error ticket
> > showing port 8000
> > "ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for localhost:8000/demodb/xmlrpc/
> > handle: -1>
> > It looks like 8000 is hard coded in default.py, line 7.
> >
> > I may be interested in maintaining this in the future, but for the
> > moment I'm just trying to get up to speed on how to use web2py.
> > My immediate requirement is to enable firebird database drivers.
> > Is there some documentation somewhere that is a good place to get a
> > handle on configuration setup?
> >
> > On Dec 8, 1:39 pm, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > You can change the port and it should work. That appliance is old and
> > > needs to be revised.
> > > If you are using and you want to become a maintainer it would be
> > > great.
> >
> > > Massimo
> >
> > > On Dec 8, 12:03 pm, Stever_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Where is the best place to get a quick start on using web2py?
> > > > My application will use firebird database, and cannot use port 8000.
> >
> > > > My current problem is that I need to run using a port other than
> 8000.
> > > > I use the start parameter "--port=8080". That seemed to work, but the
> > > > sample appliance "Remote Database Synchronization" seems to be
> > > > hardcoded with 8000. Or I may be missing some configuration
> parameter?
> >
> > > > Thanks!
> >
>
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