diff doc/postgresql.txt @ 2594:c0d6d5004464

rdbms doc updates
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Tue, 20 Jul 2004 04:38:54 +0000
parents f255363e6d97
children 653c7ffce402
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--- a/doc/postgresql.txt	Tue Jul 20 02:07:58 2004 +0000
+++ b/doc/postgresql.txt	Tue Jul 20 04:38:54 2004 +0000
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@
 ========================
 
 To initialise and use PostgreSQL database roundup's configuration file
-(config.py in the tracker's home directory) should be appended with the
-following constants (substituting real values, obviously)::
+(``config.py`` in the tracker's home directory) should be ammended with
+the following constants (substituting real values, obviously)::
 
     POSTGRESQL_DATABASE = {'database': 'rounduptest'}
 
-if not local, or a different user is to be used, then more information may
-be supplied::
+Note that it's usually a good idea to explicitly specify the user which is
+to be used access the database too, to avoid permissions problems. If
+postgresql is not local, or a different user is to be used, then more
+information may be supplied::
 
     POSTGRESQL_DATABASE = {
         'host': 'localhost', 'port': 5432,
@@ -50,10 +52,16 @@
 Also note that you can leave some values out of
 ``POSTGRESQL_DATABASE``: 'host' and 'port' are not necessary when
 connecting to a local database and 'password'
-is optional if postgres trusts local connections. The user specified in
-``user`` must have rights to create a new database and to
-connect to the "template1" database, used while initializing roundup.
+is optional if postgres trusts local connections.
+
+The user specified in ``user`` must have rights to create a new database
+and to connect to the "template1" database, used while initializing roundup.
+
+
 
-    Have fun with psycopg,
-    Federico Di Gregorio <fog@initd.org>
+Credit
+======
 
+The postgresql backend was originally submitted by Federico Di Gregorio
+<fog@initd.org>
+

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