Ticket #516 (new enhancement)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 9 months ago

Windows installer: Allow multiple DB authentication attempts (rather than failing to install)

Reported by: mwtoews Owned by: robe
Priority: low Milestone: PostGIS Future
Component: build/upgrade/install Version: 1.5.X
Keywords: win32-installer Cc:

Description

When installing PostGIS on Microsoft Windows, the installer shows a "Database Connection Information" dialog to supply User Name, Password, and Port. The installer will begin to install PostGIS, however, if there is a mistake in the connection information, the installer fails part-way in, requiring it to be run again from the beginning.

It would be nice to allow multiple attempts to correct the connection information, if say, there was a typo with the password. This way the installer only needs to be run once (for example, using Application Stack Builder, which downloads the installer to %TEMP%).

Not only should the connection info establish a connection to a database, but select count(*)=1 from pg_user where usename=$1 and usecreatedb;. If there is an error, the user should be able to go back and correct, try again, repeat or cancel. Correct connection info should be established before starting the install process.

Change History

Changed 3 years ago by robe

  • owner changed from pramsey to robe

Changed 2 years ago by robe

  • milestone changed from PostGIS 1.5.3 to PostGIS 2.0.0

Changed 16 months ago by pramsey

  • component changed from postgis to build/upgrade/install

Changed 16 months ago by strk

  • milestone changed from PostGIS 2.0.0 to PostGIS 2.1.0

Sounds like a 2.1 ticket

Changed 9 months ago by robe

  • milestone changed from PostGIS 2.1.0 to PostGIS Future
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