gda-config-3 (5) Linux Manual Page

$(sysconfdir)/libgda/config – libgda global configuration file. $(HOME)/.libgda/config – libgda user configuration file.

Description

The config file of libgda is an XML file. The document starts with <libgda-config> tag, which contains sections that hold the configured database providers for libgda.

The values in the global configuration file are overriden by the ones in the user configuration file.

Each <section> has a ‘path’ attribute whose value must be something like "/apps/libgda/Datasources/XXXXXXXX", where XXXXXXXX is the name of the database backend (i.e., postgres, mysql,…)

Inside each <section> you can have for <entry> tags with ‘name’, ‘type’ and ‘value’ attributes. Valid values for ‘name’ are: Provider, Username, DSN and Description. ‘type’ value is always "string" and ‘value’ contains the value for the given ‘name’.

Example

This is a sample file. You may modify it manually, add/remove sections,…

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<libgda-config>
 <section path="/apps/libgda/Datasources/postgres">
 <entry name="Provider" type="string" value="PostgreSQL"/>
 <entry name="Username" type="string" value="gonzalo"/>
 <entry name="DSN" type="string"
 value="DATABASE=test;USER=gonzalo"/>
 <entry name="Description" type="string"
 value="Mi favourite provider"/>
 </section>
</libgda-config>

You can also use gda-config-tool-3.0 or mergeant (recommended) to modify this file.

See Also

mergeant(1), gda-config-tool-3.0(1)

Name

$(sysconfdir)/libgda/config – libgda global configuration file. $(HOME)/.libgda/config – libgda user configuration file.

Description

The config file of libgda is an XML file. The document starts with <libgda-config> tag, which contains sections that hold the configured database providers for libgda.

The values in the global configuration file are overriden by the ones in the user configuration file.

Each <section> has a ‘path’ attribute whose value must be something like "/apps/libgda/Datasources/XXXXXXXX", where XXXXXXXX is the name of the database backend (i.e., postgres, mysql,…)

Inside each <section> you can have for <entry> tags with ‘name’, ‘type’ and ‘value’ attributes. Valid values for ‘name’ are: Provider, Username, DSN and Description. ‘type’ value is always "string" and ‘value’ contains the value for the given ‘name’.

Example

This is a sample file. You may modify it manually, add/remove sections,…

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<libgda-config>
 <section path="/apps/libgda/Datasources/postgres">
 <entry name="Provider" type="string" value="PostgreSQL"/>
 <entry name="Username" type="string" value="gonzalo"/>
 <entry name="DSN" type="string"
 value="DATABASE=test;USER=gonzalo"/>
 <entry name="Description" type="string"
 value="Mi favourite provider"/>
 </section>
</libgda-config>

You can also use gda-config-tool-3.0 or mergeant (recommended) to modify this file.

See Also

mergeant(1), gda-config-tool-3.0(1)