Re: new user hi and some questions

[Dieter S. <dsi...@sq...>]

DBD-Pg is the most troublesome piece of the puzzle. However at this stage 
I cannot abonded it unless I rewrite the whole backend.

A new version will probably come out in November.


Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, csaunders wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> what an intreguing product, whilst i thoroughly enjoyed the product once it 
> was installed, the installation process was a trial-by-fire! we have had 
> PostgreSQL installed for about 12 months, and perl too, and getting DBI 
> installed was a no brainer with MCPAN.
> 
> however getting DBD:Pg to install took me over 4 hours, mostly due to the 
> fact that i had to hunt out what the exact variables should be , and then 
> determine why the test script wouldn't work (it couldn't log on because it 
> couldn't determine the postgres user and pwd for some reason so i ended up 
> setting the POSTGRES_USERNAME and POSTGRES_PASSWORD in the environment). My 
> background is not perl (half the problem!), however I am a reasonably 
> experienced SCO admin and INFORMIX dba and I believe that unless the 
> installation procedure went perfectly it would be an impossible ride for a 
> less technically minded user.
> 
> I appreciate that nobody in this list may be the maintainers for DBD:Pg but 
> judging by the user postings I am not the only person to have these similar 
> install problems with the DBD:Pg module. It would be a shame to have the 
> difficult install problems of DBD:Pg reflect on sql-ledger (unless of 
> course the install problems all reflect my lack of knowledge and are not 
> indicative of the typical user!!!)
> 
> however the features list is impressive!
> 
> questions:
> 
> 1) is there any documentation at all, whether technical or user orientated?
> 2) is there an ERD or similar? i am keen to consider porting our data from 
> our current package into SQL ledger to test its functionality
> 3) I assume because its all PERL that i have all the source, is there any 
> docs on how the mods fit together so i can consider customisation? in 
> particular i am keen to add reports etc
> 4) I suspect i will want to add fields to tables etc, will i wreck the 
> current scripts or can they cope with more fields than was originally 
> planned?
> 5) for these extra fields, how easy is it to modify the data entry forms to 
> accomodate the extra fields?
> 6) the up and comming features look neat, can i get rough ideas on the 
> timelines for them to be implemented or when the next version ETA is?
> 
> sorry for the heaps of questions, i appreciate they may not be all easy to 
> answer!
> 
> ta
> cs
> 
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Colin Saunders
> Director
> DataByte Software Ltd
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