GTFSDB
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Supported Databases
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- PostgreSQL (PostGIS for Geo tables) - preferred
- Oracle - tested
- MySQL  - tested
- SQLite - tested


Install and use via the gtfsdb source tree:
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0. Install Python 2.7, easy_install and buildout on your system...
1. hg clone https://code.google.com/p/gtfsdb
2. cd gtfsdb
3. buildout install prod 
   NOTE: if you're using postgres, do a 'buildout install prod pg'
4. bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url <db url>  <gtfs file | url>
   examples:
   - bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url sqlite:///gtfs.db http://developer.trimet.org/schedule/gtfs.zip
   - bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url postgresql://postgres@localhost:5432 --is_geospatial http://developer.trimet.org/schedule/gtfs.zip  
   NOTE: using the `is_geospatial` arg will take much longer to load...


The best way to get gtfsbd up and running is via the python 'buildout' and 'easy_install' tools.
Highly recommended to first install easy_install (setup tools) and buildout (e.g., easy_install zc.buildout)
before doing anything else.

Postgres users, gtfsdb requires the psychopg2 database driver. If you are on linux / mac, buildout will
install the necessary dependancies (or re-use whatever you have in your system site-lib).
If you are on windows, you most likely have to find and install a pre-compiled version (see below).

Gtfsdb also requires geoalchemy 0.7.2, and sqlalchemy 0.8.6 (not 0.9.x which
are the newest version) availabe at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/GeoAlchemy/0.7.2 and
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SQLAlchemy/0.8.6 respectively, and are
both installed using the buildout.  If you're having trouble with gtfsdb, there's the potential
that an incompatiable version of sqlalchemy (say v 0.9.x) is installed, in your site-packages.
Again, the correct 0.8.6 version is sqlalchemy is requried by geoalchemy, so hoping it all goes smooth.  
(Thanks to edward groth for help with this content).


Install Steps (on Windows):
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    0. Have a db - docs and examples assume Postgres/PostGIS installed
       http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows 
       http://postgis.refractions.net/download/windows/

    1. Python2.7 - http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/ (python-2.7.6.msi)
       NOTE: see this for setting env variables correctly: http://blog.sadphaeton.com/2009/01/20/python-development-windows-part-1installing-python.html

    2a. Install Setup Tools (easy_install) https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#windows-8-powershell
    2b. easy_install zc.buildout

    3. Install Psygopg2 (from binary):  http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/

    4. Check out gtfsdb from trunk with Mercurial - see http://code.google.com/p/gtfsdb/source/checkout

    5. cd top level of gtfsdb tree
    
    6. buildout install prod pg

    7. bin/gtfsdb-load --database_url <db url>  <gtfs file | url>