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* [Pljava-dev] Using the $DATADIR variable within postgresql.conf
@ 2006-06-02 19:31  
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From:  @ 2006-06-02 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)

Hi all,
  I'm trying to set up PL/JAVA in a flexible way based on the mount point of
my data for postgres.  I'd like to have to dynamic_library_path point to
$DATADIR/pljava, where $DATADIR the data directory of postgres (the
directory containing postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf).  That way I can just
mount the postgres data onto a mount point, point the postmaster to the
right place, and have PL/JAVA ready to roll with the database.  This type of
flexibility becomes particularly relevant with Xen images...

The problem is that I don't know how to reference the $DATADIR environment
variable from with postgresql.conf.  I've tried $DATADIR, $datadir,
$data_directory (which apparently must be hard-set at the top of
postgresql.conf ), ${DATADIR}, {$DATADIR}, etc.  I always get the same
message in the deployer:
ERROR: invalid macro name in dynamic library path: $libdir;{$DATADIR}/pljava

Does anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Thanks,

Eric
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* [Pljava-dev] Using the $DATADIR variable within postgresql.conf
@ 2006-06-02 19:39  
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From:  @ 2006-06-02 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw)

Eric E wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I'm trying to set up PL/JAVA in a flexible way based on the mount 
> point of my data for postgres.  I'd like to have to 
> dynamic_library_path point to $DATADIR/pljava, where $DATADIR the data 
> directory of postgres (the directory containing postgresql.conf and 
> pg_hba.conf).  That way I can just mount the postgres data onto a 
> mount point, point the postmaster to the right place, and have PL/JAVA 
> ready to roll with the database.  This type of flexibility becomes 
> particularly relevant with Xen images...
>
> The problem is that I don't know how to reference the $DATADIR 
> environment variable from with postgresql.conf.  I've tried $DATADIR, 
> $datadir, $data_directory (which apparently must be hard-set at the 
> top of postgresql.conf ), ${DATADIR}, {$DATADIR}, etc.  I always get 
> the same message in the deployer:
> ERROR: invalid macro name in dynamic library path: 
> $libdir;{$DATADIR}/pljava
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how to do this?
>
You cannot use environment variables in postgresql.conf. You can 
however, pass configuration settings on the command line when you start 
the postmaster. See 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/runtime-config.html for 
more info.

Kind Regards,
Thomas Hallgren





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