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Installation Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
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awrog
Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
29 January 2007 12:49
Anonymous
Hi,
I've just discovered Drake CMS (because it was
mentioned as recent update at Sourceforge) Tried to install
it (drake_0.2.8_alpha_rev1148), locally and on my webserver
(*NIX) with Gladius Database.
PHP checks OK (with Safe
Mode on(!)) In the Administration Setup in the list of
database types, Gladius is Gray(!) Do I need to install
something additional? Is support for Gladius a system
requirement? In the last screen it looks like it is unable
to connect to the Gladius database.
Any
suggestions?
Kind regards,
Arno Rog Amsterdam
awrog
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
30 January 2007 08:21
Anonymous
After further investigation:
Installed on another
server, same problem. And yes I've checked the rights, even when
I change the permissions for all directories (and files) to 777
the problem persists. Is there some installation log I can consult?
I sure hope someone can help!
Arno Rog
lictnet
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
30 January 2007 08:55
Anonymous
hmmm two servers doing the same thing - that's not helpful when
you are trying a new system. I don't know a great deal about the
coding of Drake but can only suggest what the install recommends
by installing the adoDB lite drivers. See the downlaod section
under Add Ons.
Maybe this is what is missing on the
servers.
All the best
awrog
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
30 January 2007 10:41
Anonymous
Thanks for your reply.
My webservers are externally
managed, so no chance of changing the configuration My guess is
that, since Gladius a a flat-file database, it should work on any
up-to-date PHP-enabled webserver, I hope.
The add-on
'odb-drivers-v0.1' contains drivers for other databases (MySQL,
Postres, etc.) No classes for Gladius. The classes for Gladius
are already in the core download.
Anyone else with a
solution?
Arno Rog
legolas558
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
30 January 2007 13:37
Anonymous
Very
strange problems, indeed.
I am going to offer you all
the support to get rid of these problems so that other users will
not experience your installation problems.
To answer
some of your questions: yes, Gladius DB is embedded and if it is
shown gray then the /classes/adodb_lite/adodbSQL_drivers/gladius
folder has not correctly been located by the install script
(maybe some path-related problem).
About safe mode:
it's trivial to have safe mode on or off because Drake almost
does not use features which need safe mode off, that warning is
being kept because we have not yet fully investigated about
features that still need Safe Mode off (but I am 99% sure there
aren't, by the way).
Thank you
awrog
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
31 January 2007 10:56
Anonymous
Thanks for your help!
I've uploaded the files again,
making sure everything is in place. The gladius directory is
now 'under' the adodbSQL_drivers directory, the choice for the
Gladius database appears in green now!
On the last
page of the installation script the following is displayed: Code:
Database folder
Creates a folder with the proper database name Creating folder for database drake Successfull Database folder permissions You are using a flatfile
database, its folder
/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/free-sheetmusic.org/httpdocs/drake/pri
vate/drake
needs write permissions Testing write permissions
Successfull Database connection Connecting to
database...
The directory
drake/private/drake and all subdirs has the default permissions:
755
There must still be some error, please test with the latest SVN
revision, it will at least show some more talkative error
message, I am sure we will solve it.
I have attached
the SVN trunk snapshot here.
EDIT: I could not attach
the file for forums upload file size limits, please send me an
email at my
email address and I will send you back the package, or
better get
it through SVN
legolas558
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
31 January 2007 11:12
Anonymous
lictnet wrote: Quote:
...but can only suggest what the install recommends
by installing the adoDB lite drivers. See the downlaod section
under Add Ons.
Maybe this is what is missing on the
servers.
The additional adoDB
lite drivers are needed if you need one of the other database
system which is not distributed in the standard release of Drake
CMS. All the other database system drivers are not in the default
distribution for file size constaints: since a few users use
them, we have not included them in the release; however they are
always available for download both from Drake CMS or ADOdb lite
(because ADOdb lite is inside Drake CMS).
lictnet
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
31 January 2007 11:30
Anonymous
Thanks legolas558, good to know. Also be great to have your help
on my post before this on if you can advise
Arno: maybe you could try changing the /private/drake folder to
777 manually and then try the install. While I read in the forums
that the install script should change the folder permission maybe
you could try and do this.
Just a thought
legolas558
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
31 January 2007 11:33
Anonymous
lictnet wrote: Quote:
Thanks legolas558, good to know. Also be great to
have your help on my post before this on if you can advise
sorry,
I didn't want to be hard with your post...however I totally
missed out this thread while browsing the forums up to yesterday
Quote:
Arno: maybe you could
try changing the /private/drake folder to 777 manually and then
try the install. While I read in the forums that the install
script should change the folder permission maybe you could try
and do this.
Yes, it may help (if the installer failed
to do it itself ).
legolas558
Re:Inst. problem, unable to connect to database
31 January 2007 14:32
Anonymous
With the help of Arno that kindly allowed me to test with that
server I could figure out where the problem is: they have an outdated PHP
installation!
Gladius DB was failing just because PHP told it that the files
were not readable!
Now Gladius DB and Drake CMS will not
rely on is_readable or is_writable, however server should always
update their PHP installations, mostly for security reasons!
Very
strange problems, indeed.
sorry,
I didn't want to be hard with your post...however I totally
missed out this thread while browsing the forums up to yesterday
