Re: [Refdb-users] First Start of refdbc

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Rich Shepard writes:
 > On Fri, 26 May 2006, Rich Shepard wrote:
 > 
 > >  What is not a RefDB database? How do I fix the problem?
 > 
 >    I seem to have a problem. When I run the 'listdb' command it returns
 > nothing. Wthin postgres, a list of available databases shows refdb, but it's
 > the only one encoded UTF8.
 > 
 >    1.) How can I change the database encoding? Since there's no data in it I
 > can drop and recreate it. Is that the best way?
 > 
 >    2.) Is the above related to why I see no available database when I invoke
 > the refdb client and run the listdb command?
 > 

I don't know whether you followed the handbook far enough to create
reference databases. This is something that new users stumble over
every now and then. In brief,

1) your installation needs one main database, usually called "refdb"
   (unless you configure it differently). This database should use the
   UTF-8 encoding because it contains a list of journal name words
   some of which use non-ASCII characters. Bibliography styles also go
   into this database

2) your installation needs at least one reference database. These
   databases receive your bibliographic data. You'd use whichever
   encoding matches your bibliographic data best, but for
   international data UTF-8 is never wrong. You use the
   refdba:createdb command to create reference databases. The -E
   switch selects the character encoding. Once the database is
   created, you have to add yourself as a user with the refdba:adduser
   command. Only then you'll be able to access the database with your
   database user account. You should also be able to see this database
   with the refdbc:listdb command.

Hope this helps
Markus

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