Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As bacula does support libdbi since 3.x, the configure script
> has --with-dbi and --with-dbi-driver=(mysql|postgres|sqlite3).
> 
> When I want to build with dbi support, do I have to disable
> any of the --with-mysql/--with-postgresql/--with-sqlite3
> (making it --without-[...])?
> 
> How do I configure the director to use a dbi database?
> It seems that...
> 
>       Catalog {
>               Name = PostgreSQL
>               DB Driver = "libdbi:postgres"
>               DB Address = 127.0.0.1
>               DB Port = 5432
>               DB Name = "bacula"
>               User = "bacula"
>               Password = "secret"
>       }
> 
> ...does the trick, but the doc section "The Catalog Resource"
> days nothing about it -- I had to look in the doc section
> "libdbi Framework", it made me figure out the "DB Driver" part.
> I think the catalog section should have a link to the dbi
> section in the manual :)

We can really use people helping out on the docs.   There is a docs 
mailing list

> Does --enable-batch-insert affect dbi builds of Bacula?
> It seems so, according to the paragraph
> "The following drivers have been tested:".
> 
> Also, the section says:
> 
>       Currently the drivers supported by Bacula are: postgresql,
>       mysql, sqlite, sqlite3; these are the names that may be
>       added to string "dbi:".
> 
> I only made PostgreSQL work by using "postgres" as the string
> after "libdbi:", not "postgresql". Where's the error, in the
> docs or the program? :) As sqlite<3 support has been dropped
> from 5.0.0, it might be a good idea to also remove it from
> the dbi section, if it's desired.

We're really low on doc resources.  More can help.

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