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postgresql for NeoOffice

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Assuming you have already installed postgresql on your machine, this tutorial shows you how to hook it up to NeoOffice. For installing postgresql the author has used gentoo-prefix using the command `emerge postgresql`.

The following site has also instructions on how to install postgresql on your Mac:

http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/postgres.html

It also explains how to hook the JDBC driver in. Those are the steps:

  1. Download the driver from http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html (for my Tiger I've been using JDBC3 Postgresql Driver, Version 8.4-701)
  2. Move the downloaded driver into /Library/Java/Extensions/.
  3. Add the driver from the extensions directory to the CLASSPATH of the Java instance 
  4. Restart NeoOffice
  5. Configure the JDBC source in NeoOffice. The Datasource URL is jdbc:postgresql:$dbname (where $dbname is the name of your database). The JDBC driver class is org.postgresql.Driver
  6. Test the driver: 
  7. Test the connection: 

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 09 May 2010 12:51  

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