gda-config(5) File Formats gda-config(5)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, User‐
name, 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 sec‐
tions,...
<?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 or mergeant (recommended) to modify
this file.
SEE ALSOmergeant(1), gda-config-tool(1)libgda January 2003 gda-config(5)