qgis 0.8 - unable to open database crash

[anonymous]

Doing anything related to projection selection results in crash. OS: WinXP Home QGIS: 0.8 preview 1 and 060724.

E:\qgis-0.8.0-win32-060724>qgis Can't open database: unable to open database file Assertion failed: myResult == 0, file qgsprojectionselector.cpp, line 533

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E:\qgis-0.8.0-win32-060724>qgis Can't open database: unable to open database file Assertion failed: myResult == 0, file qgsoptions.cpp, line 303

E:\qgis-0.8.0-win32-060724>qgis mPixmap.isNull() = 0 Can't open database: unable to open database file Assertion failed: myResult == 0, file qgsprojectionselector.cpp, line 533

[g_j_m]

I tried the windows release and it doesn't seem to install the srs.db database in a place where qgis can find it, which may lead to this problem. Perhaps Gary can comment...

[gsherman]

The srs.db is installed in the proper place, however the path to it is not being set right in code. This results in an attempt to open /resources/srs.db rather than the appropriate $PREFIX/resources/srs.db. Offending code appears to be in src/core/qgsapplication.cpp, starting at line 42. mPrefixPath is not being set properly (i.e. its blank) and this affects all parts of the code base that atempt to find resources.

[gsherman]

Fixed by Radim

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Milestone Version 0.8 deleted