Why?

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

The first problem I noticed is that BLOBs do not work.  I have had this 
problem since 2.2.1, and still seem to have them now with 2.5.

I have a simplified stack I threw together to test BLOB support, and 
used the following handler in a button:


on mouseUp
   put image "Image 1" into x

   --revExecuteSQL the database of this stack, "INSERT INTO table1 
VALUES (:1)", "*b" & "x"
   --if the result is not empty then answer the result

   put revQueryDatabaseBLOB(the database of this stack, "INSERT INTO 
table1 VALUES (:1)", "*b" & "x") into q
   if q is not empty then answer q
   if q is a number then revCloseCursor q
end mouseUp



Note that I tried this (at least) two different ways: one as above, and 
another by commenting out the code below the current set of comments 
and uncommenting the currently commented ones.  In both cases, I get 
the following message (I remember it was very similar if not exactly 
the same under 2.2.1, I am running it under the 2.5 IDE now to write 
this; I am using Rev Studio under OS X):

ERROR: unterminated quoted string at or near "<garbage characters>" at 
character 28


This is a major problem for my project, since I need to integrate with 
another program as well, which will synchronize the database with a 
handheld device, including images containing signatures which will be 
taken on the PDA and printed on a report I will generate from the 
program I am writing in Rev.


The second problem I noticed (back with 2.2.1) was that 
RevDB/PostgreSQL was not working under Linux or Solaris, though both 
Windows and OS X worked fine, from standalones and from the IDE.

I tried everything I could think of as far as setting the "driver 
path", but nothing I tried worked.

Now with 2.5, RevDB does not work with OS X standalones, either.  It 
works fine from the IDE (!) and from Windows standalones.  This is yet 
another major problem for me.  I can drop the idea of supporting Linux 
and Solaris quite easily, but I do insist on supporting OS X, and I 
will need to do so from standalones.


There may be some "trick setting" that I am missing, perhaps one that 
you have found, but these are really slowing down my progress.  That is 
why I am trying to write my own driver, to work around these things.

Of course, now I can't seem to get sockets working, either... :-(

I bugzilla'd the BLOB problem (#2080) and the Linux/Solaris/(now) OS X 
problem (#2247), but a resolution to these bugs (or a recognition of 
why they are not bugs -- I would be quite happy to fix these if they 
are my problems, if someone can help me to figure out what I am doing 
wrong) seems to be quite low on the priority list, or at least it is 
taking a long time to get them fixed.

Any help with any of these issues would be very appreciated.


On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:

>
> On Oct 5, 2004, at 11:46 AM, K wrote:
>
>> Just a suggestion check out the Pure Perl PostgreSQL driver ppgsql 
>> package they coded around numerous quirks in pgsql.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>
> Folks,
>
> I am now using PostgreSQL with plain RevDB calls, is something broken, 
> wrong? I am undergoing no problem, am I missing some crucial bug here?
>
> Cheers
> andre
>
>
>
>>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
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