From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2005-01-06T20:43:05+09:00
Subject: Re: postgres-pr

Ernest Ellingson wrote:
> I've installed the windows version of ruby-1.8.2 with the latest 
> one-click installer.  I used gem to install postgres-pr-0.3.2.  However, 
>     I can't seem to get any of the examples to run.  I'm getting a
> 
> uninitialized constant StartupMessage (NameError) in client.rb


I fixed that. put a "include PostgresPR" after the requires and it 
works. Try postgres-pr-0.3.3.

> The require statements are:
> $LOAD_PATH.unshift "../lib"
> requie 'rubygems'
> require 'postgres-pr/message'
> require 'socket'
> 
> The first two lines of code are
> 
> s = UNIXSocket.new(ARGV.shift || "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432")
> 
> msg = StartupMessage.new(196608, "user" => "mneumann", "database" => 
> "mneumann")
> 
> I can't use a UNIXSocket because I'm not running Cygwin. However, I 
> don't see any requirements in postgres-pr/message.rb for (s).
> Am I missing something?

I don't understand your question... Maybe... The UNIXSocket is only used 
in the example, you can use postgres-pr/connection.rb without a 
UNIXSocket, with a TCPSocket. That's no problem.

> Does someone have any experience using postgres-pr in the dbi.  If so,
> How does one connect to a server?

Just use DBD::Pg. I've not tried it. But I know that it works with 
ActiveRecord and Og.

Regards,

   Michael