Rights:
Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3
Subject:
ebook, epublishing, electronic book, electronic publishing, electronic document, electronic citation, data structure, citation systems, search
Date available:
2002-08-28
Date modified:
2007-09-16
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SiSU - Search, Ralph Amissah
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SiSU Search
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SiSU Postgresql
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postgresql
1. Postgresql
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1.1
1.1 Name
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SiSU - Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system, postgresql dependency package
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1.2
1.2 Description
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Information related to using postgresql with sisu (and related to the sisu_postgresql dependency package, which is a dummy package to install dependencies needed for SiSU to populate a postgresql database, this being part of SiSU - man sisu).
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1.3
1.3 Synopsis
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sisu -D [instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
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sisu -D --pg --[instruction] [filename/wildcard if required]
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1.4
1.4 Commands
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Mappings to two databases are provided by default, postgresql and sqlite, the same commands are used within sisu to construct and populate databases however -d (lowercase) denotes sqlite and -D (uppercase) denotes postgresql, alternatively --sqlite or --pgsql may be used
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-D or --pgsql may be used interchangeably.
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1.4.1
1.4.1 create and destroy database
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--pgsql --createall initial step, creates required relations (tables, indexes) in existing (postgresql) database (a database should be created manually and given the same name as working directory, as requested) (rb.dbi)
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sisu -D --createdb creates database where no database existed before
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sisu -D --create creates database tables where no database tables existed before
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sisu -D --Dropall destroys database (including all its content)! kills data and drops tables, indexes and database associated with a given directory (and directories of the same name).
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sisu -D --recreate destroys existing database and builds a new empty database structure
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1.4.2
1.4.2 import and remove documents
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sisu -D --import -v [filename/wildcard] populates database with the contents of the file. Imports documents(s) specified to a postgresql database (at an object level).
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sisu -D --update -v [filename/wildcard] updates file contents in database
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sisu -D --remove -v [filename/wildcard] removes specified document from postgresql database.