CGI access to PostGreSQL

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
> We have a POSTGreSQL dBase running on a linux box
> 
> This we expected to work, but does not. I *can*
> access the dbase from a  
> stack, remotely from my desk top in the 2.5 rev IDE.
> 
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/revolution
> 
>   on startup
> 
>     put  
>
revOpenDatabase("Postgresql","himalayanacademy.com","cybertalks","htoday
> 
> ","--real password goes here--") into pConnectionID
>     if (pConnectionID) is a number then
>       put "Your Cybertalks data base opened
> successfully with connection  
> ID " into tResult
>       put pConnectionID after tResult
>       put tResult
>     else
>       put "Gosh darn, what's up?  The data base
> connection failed."
> 
>   end startup
> 
> Running this from terminal returns these errors
> 
> ./blurb.rev
>   /usr/local/bin/revolution: Script parsing error at
> line 13, column 1
>   /usr/local/bin/revolution: Can't load stack or
> script ./blurb.rev
> 
> Do I need to have some PostGreSQL libraries loaded?
> 
> Sivakatirswami
> 

What platform is the CGI-engine running on, and which
version of the CGI-engine is it ? You may need to copy
the revdb library and assorted drivers to the
/usr/local/bin directory.

Jan Schenkel.

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