Re: mysql on ydl


JP Rosevear (jpr@arcavia.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 02:15:29 -0400


Darron Froese wrote:
>
> On Mon, 31 May 1999, JP Rosevear wrote:
>
> > Well something to try might be just the following:
> >
> > createdb test
> > destroydb test
> >
> > and see what happens.
>
> Evidently not all is well in postgresql-on-ydl-ppc land:
>
> [> [postgres@ans postgres]$ createdb test
> [> [postgres@ans postgres]$ destroydb test
> ERROR: typeidTypeRelid: Invalid type - oid = 0
> destroydb: database destroy failed on test.
> [> [postgres@ans postgres]$
> [> [postgres@ans postgres]$ psql
> Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
> Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
>
> type \? for help on slash commands
> type \q to quit
> type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> You are currently connected to the database: postgres
>
> postgres=> \l
> datname |datdba|encoding|datpath
> ---------+------+--------+---------
> template1| 502| 0|template1
> postgres | 502| 0|postgres
> imp | 502| 0|imp
> test | 502| 0|test
> (4 rows)
>
> postgres=>
>
> All I can say is - it's working for me with IMP. IMP stores it's
> individual user prefs and contacts within the sql database...
>
> What can I say - it's not fully functional - maybe someday it will be.
>
> How do we get these kinds of things fixed? Open up our ydl boxes and give
> shells to those who can? Get hardware out to the right people?

I doubt giving shells would help, although hardware to PG people might
help. Dan stated previously on the list that the YDL team believes
there is a prototyping error specific to glib2.1 and perhaps certain
platforms.

-JP



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