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PgAccess - a Tcl/Tk interface for PostgreSQL

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- - - -PgAccess - Introduction - -

PgAccess - Introduction

-

What is PgAccess?

-PgAccess is a graphical user interface for the PostgreSQL database management -system written in the Tcl/Tk scripting language by Constantin Teodorescu. It -allows the user to interact with PostgreSQL in a manner similar to many PC -database applications, with menu choices and graphical tools like buttons. -This means that the user can avoid the basic command line interface for most -common tasks. PgAccess doesn't change the way PostgreSQL operates, just makes -it easier to use for those familiar with graphical interfaces.

-Obviously, you must have PostgreSQL installed and running, and Tcl/Tk on -your system before you can use PgAccess.

-PgAccess is an "open source" application. The source code is available to the -user, and may be modified by the user. The user can fix a bug, or change the -way a function operates. You may not want to get that involved with the -programming, but you have the option to do so. If you feel you have made an -improvement to the program, you are encouraged to share it with other users.

-If you are not familiar with how open source software can be altered and -redistributed, please read this.

-

How to get help with PgAccess

-The mailing list for PgAccess is: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org

-If you have any questions regarding PgAccess you should subscribe to this -list in the following way:

-First subscribe to the list by sending an email message to:

-pgsql-interfaces-request@postgresql.org

-Send a single line in the body of the message as follows:

-subscribe

-In a short time you should receive a message beginning like this:

-Welcome to the pgsql-interfaces mailing list!
-...

-This will contain instructions on how to remove yourself from the mailing -list, so save that message. You may only want to ask a few questions and then -stop receiving messages.

-You may also email Constantin Teodorescu -directly, although writing to a mailing list with many correspondents will often -produce a quicker answer.

-Back to index - - - PgAccess on Irix - + + + PgAccess - Copyright notice - - -

INSTALLING PgAccess UNDER IRIX 5.3. -

- -

This HOWO-TO make PgAccess working under Irix -is written by Stuart Rison

- -

These are the steps that I had to follow to get pgaccess to run on an -INDIGO2 running postgreSQL 6.3.2 under IRIX 5.3. I make no guarantee whatsoever -that the same step will work for others but at least it should point you -in the right direction. Also, I am a biologist by training so I only got -pgaccess working by fudging (that is, trial and error) this means that -some of the steps may be unnecessary (e.g. compiling $postgreSQL_source/src/interfaces/libpgtcl -as both a shared and static library) and they certainly haven't been optimised -(I know nothing about compiler switches etc.).

- -

1) Requirements:

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2) Installation:

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a) tcl/tk:

- - - -

b) postgreSQL:

- - - -

c) Compiling libpgtcl:

- - - -

d) running pgaccess:

- - - -

e) et voila!

- -

3) Concluding remarks:

- - - -

Good luck

- -

Stuart Rison LICR University College London London W1P 8BT
-stuart@ludwig.ucl.ac.uk

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PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. -PgAccess - Common Problems - -

Common Problems with PgAccess

-

Connection failure

-One of the most common initial problems is the message:

-Error connecting database
-Connection to database failed
-connectDB() failed: Is the
-postmaster running and
-accepting TCP/IP (with -i)
-connections at 'localhost' on
-port '5432'?

-This usually occurs because the "postmaster" (the postgreSQL backend) was not -started with the -i option. Usually just adding -i to -the command line that starts the postmaster and restarting will fix this. -

libpgtcl not found

-PgAccess requires a library of functions named libpgtcl. This -should be available with the postgreSQL distribution, and is usually placed in -the correct location when installing postgreSQL. First check that there is a -file named libpgtcl.so (perhaps with a number appended - or -libpgtcl.dll on Windows systems) on your -system. If not, you will have to download and perhaps compile this library.

-ftp://ftp.flex.ro/pub/pgaccess

-is one place that you can download precompiled libpgtcl libraries for -PgAccess.

- -

Locale specific characters

-This problem occurs with some special characters used in different -countries because PgAccess did not use fonts with `-ISO8859-1' encoding.

-One solution was proposed by H.P.Heidinger ( hph@hphbbs.ruhr.de) and -is very simple.

-If you look in the file pgaccess.tcl, you will find the fonts declared in -this manner:

-$ grep -e '-font' -i pgaccess.tcl
--font -Adobe-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* \
-...

-The font declarations should be altered to:

--font -Adobe-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
-...

-That is, inserting an asterisk between the first pair of hyphens, and changing -the final two asterisks to iso8859 and 1 -respectively.

-You can alter the source code by running the following script : -

#!/bin/sh
-cp pgaccess.tcl pgaccess.tcl-org
-cat pgaccess.tcl |\
-sed -e's/\-\*\-\*\ /\-iso8859\-1\ /g' |\
-sed -e's/\-\*\-\*\}/\-iso8859\-1}/g' |\
-sed -e's/\-\*\-\*\]/\-iso8859\-1]/g' |\
-sed -e's/\-\*\-\*$/\-iso8859\-1/g' |\
-sed -e's/\-Clean\-/\-Fixed\-/g' |\
-sed -e's/clean/fixed/g' >pgaccess.iso
-mv pgaccess.iso pgaccess.tcl
-chmod +x pgaccess.tcl

-The final version of PgAccess (1.0) will let the user decide what fonts -will be used through a "preferences" dialog window.

- -a name="pg63"> -

Problem with PostgreSQL 6.3.x

-PgAccess 0.93 and later may have problems working with PostgreSQL 6.3.x. -Changes in libpgtcl have been made to remove these, but if you are -using PostgreSQL 6.3.x, this patch will allow you to get around the problems.

-In the procedure wpg_exec change the following line:

-set pgsql(errmsg) [pg_result $pgsql(res) -error]

-to this:

-set pgsql(errmsg) "NO ERROR INFORMATION SUPPLIED"

-and the program will work. The only disadvantage is that with some error -conditions, you will not get the appropriate error message from libpgtcl.

-Back to index - -PgAccess - Getting Started - -

PgAccess - Getting Started

-

How to get PgAccess

-If you have this HTML help system, you have probably already downloaded -PgAccess. If not, or you wish to download the latest version, it is available -from the URL:

-http://www.flex.ro

-The home page will contain instructions on which files to download for your -operating system. Download the file to a directory where the program will -eventually reside (see below).

-

How to uncompress PgAccess

-PgAccess, like most applications available for download, is usually downloaded -in compressed format to save download time. You must uncompress these files in -order to use the application.

-

UNIX (Linux, BSD, IRIX, Solaris, etc.)

-The files will be compressed using "gzip" and packaged using "tar", and have -filenames like this:

-pgaccess-n.nn.tar.gz

-Note that "n.nn" will be the version number in an actual file.

-First decide where you want to have the program. A typical location on UNIX -systems is /usr/local/src/<name>, where <name> is the name of -the program. To use this location, download or move the "tar.gz" file to the -directory /usr/local/src. Change to that directory, and -uncompress the file with the command:

-tar -zxvf pgaccess-n.nn.tar.gz

-You should see the files listed as they are uncompressed and placed in the new -directory, and now have a directory named:

-/usr/local/src/pgaccess

-In that directory will be all of the files that were packaged in the downloaded -file. When you have PgAccess working, you can delete the file with the ".tar" -or ".tar.gz" extension. -

Windows

-The files will be compressed so that "WinZip" will uncompress the package. Just -open the file with "WinZip" and the program files will be extracted.

-

Putting PgAccess where it will be found

-

UNIX

-In order to run PgAccess easily, the program file "pgaccess.tcl" should be in a -location on the "PATH" of the system. You can find out what the PATH is by -entering:

-echo $PATH
-/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:./:/usr/local/pgsql/bin -

-Usually the directory /usr/local/bin will be in your PATH, and that -is a fairly common place to put programs like PgAccess. Other common -directories in the PATH are /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. -Simply move the file "pgaccess.tcl" to the directory where you want it.

-

Windows

-You will usually link PgAccess to an icon, so just specify the full path to the -program when you create the icon. -

Starting PgAccess

-The easiest way to start PgAccess is to simply invoke the program by name:

-pgaccess.tcl

-If the program has been placed in a directory listed in the PATH, the PgAccess -window should appear.

-

Starting from a menu

-Most users will want to link the program to a menu or icon so that it can be -started using the mouse or other pointing device. Here is a method that will -work on most Linux X-Windows systems. Create a file named "pgaccess" in the directory -/etc/X11/wmconfig with the following contents:

-pgaccess name "PgAccess"
-pgaccess description "postgreSQL frontend"
-pgaccess mini-icon "mini-pgaccess.xpm"
-pgaccess group "Applications"
-pgaccess exec "pgaccess.tcl &"

-This assumes that you have an "Applications" sub-menu. You may prefer -"Programs" or some other place. Also, you will have to create the -"mini-pgaccess.xpm" icon if you want it to appear. You can edit an existing -icon from the /usr/share/icons/mini directory in XPaint and rename -it. When you next start an X-Windows session, there should be a "PgAccess" item -on the menu that you have chosen. Clicking on this item should start -PgAccess.

-Back to index - diff --git a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/index.html b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/index.html index a63f1a89fb..32c31d63cf 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/index.html +++ b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/index.html @@ -17,17 +17,11 @@

  • Installing PgAccess under IRIX 5.3 -
  • Common Initial Problems +
  • Common Problems with PgAccess -
  • PgAccess tutorial - diff --git a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/problems.html b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/problems.html index 2238fb617d..f1f535f189 100644 --- a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/problems.html +++ b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/problems.html @@ -12,21 +12,7 @@ connections at 'localhost' on
    port '5432'?

    This usually occurs because the "postmaster" (the postgreSQL backend) was not started with the -i option. Usually just adding -i to -the command line that starts the postmaster and restarting will fix this.

    -If you have installed the prewritten script to start postgreSQL -automatically, this option is (currently) commented out:

    -# PGOPTS="-i"

    -just remove the hash and space and comment out the "blank" option above:

    -PGOPTS=""

    -

    User not defined

    -Initially, postgreSQL only has one user, postgres, and any -other user who starts up PgAccess will get the message:

    -Error connecting database
    -Connection to database failed
    -FATAL 1: SetUserId: user
    -'jim' is not in 'pg_shadow'

    -See User Administration in the PgAccess tutorial for a description -of how to create users.

    +the command line that starts the postmaster and restarting will fix this.

    libpgtcl not found

    PgAccess requires a library of functions named libpgtcl. This should be available with the postgreSQL distribution, and is usually placed in @@ -68,7 +54,8 @@ mv pgaccess.iso pgaccess.tcl
    chmod +x pgaccess.tcl

    The final version of PgAccess (1.0) will let the user decide what fonts will be used through a "preferences" dialog window.

    -     + +a name="pg63">

    Problem with PostgreSQL 6.3.x

    PgAccess 0.93 and later may have problems working with PostgreSQL 6.3.x. Changes in libpgtcl have been made to remove these, but if you are