Problem storing data in database

[John Ralls]

> On Oct 14, 2016, at 6:36 PM, angelo-veltens at web.de wrote:
> 
> Hello together, 
> 
> I am trying to connect gnucash to a postgres database, but cannot get it running. When trying to save, following error pops up in the GUI: 
> 
> Der Server unter der URL »postgres://gnucash@localhost/gnucash« stiess auf einen Fehler oder benutzte falsche oder fehlerhafte Daten. 
> 
> Connection via JDBC using a database tool works fine! 
> 
> Following errors occur in the gnucash.trace file: 
> 
> * 18:56:22  WARN <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_dbi_postgres_session_begin()] Databse already exists, Might clobber it. 
> * 18:56:24  CRIT <gnc.backend.dbi> conn_table_operation: assertion 'table_name_list != NULL' failed 
> * 18:56:24  CRIT <gnc.backend.dbi> conn_table_operation: assertion 'table_name_list != NULL' failed 
> * 18:56:25  WARN <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_dbi_unlock()] No lock table in database, so not unlocking it. 
> 
> My setup: 
> - gnucash 2.6.12 on fedora linux 
> - postgresql 9.6 with an empty schema named "gnucash" and a user "gnucash" that has all permissions granted to it 
> - libdbi 0.9.0 
> - libdbi-dbd-pgsql 0.9.0 
> 
> What's happening here? 

Try deleting the gnucash database or pointing GnuCash at a different name. GnuCash needs to create the database itself. Do make sure that the user "gnucash" has privs to create databases.

Regards,
John Ralls