2.4 postgres database issues

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Tue Dec 21 13:14:15 EST 2010


On Dec 21, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Keith Bellairs wrote:

> Since these are not replicated, I'll start with a make clean before I do anything else.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Keith Bellairs wrote:
> 
> > using a new gnucash db created with r19971 in postgres a few  odd things
> > happen.
> >
> > 1. On reopening the db the following notices appear in the output in the
> > command prompt window. Are these tables being receated every time?
> >
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "recurrences_id_seq1"
> > for serial column "recurrences.id"
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence
> > "taxtable_entries_id_seq1" for serial column "taxtable_entries.id"
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "slots_id_seq1" for
> > serial column "slots.id"
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "budget_amounts_id_seq1"
> > for serial column "budget_amounts.id"
> >
> > These notices appear each time that the existing pg db is opened on starting
> > gnc.
> >
> > 2. The first action that would update the db such as entry of a new
> > transaction generates an error message:
> > Unable to save database
> > in a popup. If I quit at that point the new transaction is lost. If I do
> > other stuff it looks like subsequent saves work and the trans is recorded.
> >
> > 3. The lock on the postgres db is never cleared, so that I have to agree to
> > override the lock each time the db is opened. This was a known bug that may
> > have regressed.
> >
> > No time to run debug data out this AM. And maybe these are already know
> > issues?
> >
> 
> I'm not able to replicate any of these. Please file a bug and we can troubleshoot it there.
> 

Please remember to copy the list on replies.

Make sure that you also really do start with a fresh database; use "Save as" to create a new one from whatever source you like (including the old database).

Regards,
John Ralls




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