From: Ernest Ellingson <erne@...>
Date: 2005-01-07T03:46:29+09:00
Subject: Re: postgres-pr

Michael Neumann wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
Thanks Michael, I'll give it a whirl and let you know how things worked out.
Ernie