[SqueakDBX] Installing on Windows with MSSql backend was Re: [Esug-list] [ANN] ESUG supports once again SqueakDBX

[Miguel Sanchez]

So it's a feature and not a bug.... ;-)

I've got some stuff on compiling freeTDS and if I ever manage to
compile openDBX I'll put together a howto.

On 23 March 2011 23:34, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> ehehehhehe  Pharo > 1.1  is broken with this...this is a known bug (check
> Pharo issue tracker)
> But don't worry, just evaluate: DBXPlatform
> disableAutomaticConnectionReleaseOnGC  and that's all. It is safe, don't
> worry.
>
> BTW...if you have something to improve our documentation in the website,
> please let us know.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mariano
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Miguel Sanchez <mikey.sanchez at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> OK so after struggling to build openDBX (that one is ongoing), on your
>> instruction I switched to using DBXOdbcPlatform and ......... SUCCESS!
>>
>> Well ok partial success. I managed to open the connection and while
>> investigating the resultset of a select I started getting an error. In
>> DBXConnection>>connect
>> On the line
>>        self platform class isAutomaticConnectionReleaseOnGC ifTrue: [
>>                SqueakDBXSmalltalkDialect current
>> addObjectToGarbageCollect: self].
>> /*during addObjectToGarbageCollect:*/
>> I get the error: "Error: There is no free space in this set."
>>
>> Do I need to force a garbage collect?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> Miguel
>>
>>
>> On 15 March 2011 18:22, Miguel Sanchez <mikey.sanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > OK so I've had no luck getting to the bottom of the problem so far. I
>> > still get thrown into  "DBXRecovereableError: RECOVERABLE OpenDBX:
>> > Connecting to server failed" when calling DBXConnection>>open.
>> >
>> > I can connect with the Windows command-line tsql equivalent
>> > (sqlcmd.exe) so the DB  user and permissions are correct.
>> >
>> >
>> > I said I was going to try and build from sources instead of the
>> > precompiled binaries.
>>        self platform class isAutomaticConnectionReleaseOnGC ifTrue: [
>>                SqueakDBXSmalltalkDialect current
>> addObjectToGarbageCollect: self].>
>> I've downloaded and installed (finally) MinGW. I've (finally!)
>> > downloaded sources of opendbx 1.4.5 and freetds-0.8.2.
>> >
>> > freetds built fine and put the headers in an accessible place. but now
>> > when I try to configure opendbx I get the following:
>> >
>> > checking for style of include used by make... GNU
>> > checking for gcc... gcc
>> > checking whether the C compiler works... no
>> > configure: error: in `/opendbx-1.4.5':
>> > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> > See `config.log' for more details.
>> >
>> > config.log says the following:
>> >
>> > ===============================================
>> > <snip>
>> > configure:3972: gcc -qversion >&5
>> > gcc.exe: unrecognized option '-qversion'
>> > gcc.exe: no input files
>> > configure:3983: $? = 1
>> > configure:4003: checking whether the C compiler works
>> > configure:4025: gcc  /local/include  conftest.c  >&5
>> > c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.5.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
>> > cannot fin
>> > d C:/MinGW/msys/1.0/local/include: Permission denied^M
>> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M
>> > configure:4029: $? = 1
>> > configure:4067: result: no
>> > configure: failed program was:
>> > | /* confdefs.h */
>> > <snip>
>> > ======================================
>> >
>> > The directory C:/MinGW/msys/1.0/local/include exists and is writable by
>> > me.
>> >
>> > Right now it feels like I'm trying to solve the problem of building
>> > opendbx without knowing if it's getting me any closer to getting
>> > squeakDBX working.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Miguel
>> >
>
>