using 2.3.7 with mysql

[karimb at comcast.net]

Maybe Gnucash can't find the libdbi drivers? Doesn't it check for which drivers it can find and only offer the options in save as that it can find drivers for? 

I'm not sure what needs to be done to install the ibdbi drivers though. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin Law" <clanlaw at googlemail.com> 
To: "Peter" <vmail at mycircuit.org> 
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 4:06:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: using 2.3.7 with mysql 

2009/12/2 Peter <vmail at mycircuit.org>: 
> Colin Law wrote: 
>> 
>> 2009/12/2 Peter <vmail at mycircuit.org>: 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Colin Law wrote: 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 2009/12/2 Peter <vmail at mycircuit.org>: 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi 
>>>>> I successfully compiled and run 2.3.7 and I wanted to check out the new 
>>>>> sql backend features ( especially mysql ) 
>>>>> However, I can't find any option or documentation on how to use the db 
>>>>> backend. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry, if I missed the relevant parts of the doc, I just can't find it 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Just do File, Save As and select mysql as the type. Then enter db 
>>>> name and so on. You must have a mysql server available of course. 
>>>> 
>>>> Colin 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> When I do this, only 'xml' appears in drop down menu, the mysql relevant 
>>> data ( host, database, user, password ) remain grayed-out and I can not 
>>> modify them. I have a mysql server running, although it is not installed 
>>> in 
>>> a standard location and the socket file is not in a standard location 
>>> neither. 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Did you specify --enable-dbi for configure when building? This 
>> enable the db code. 
>> 
>> Colin 
>> 
> 
> yes, I did 
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/dist/gnucash_237 --with-html-engine=webkit 
> --enable-dbi 

Assuming that after configure you did make clean and make then I have 
run out of ideas, sorry. 

Anyone else? 

Colin 
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