import data into Weewx 5.0 error

[bhouseski]

Hey all, I am trying to get old weatherlink data into my Weewx 5.0 setup.  the I run the appropriate command:

'weectl import --import-config=/var/tmp/csv.conf --dry-run'

 I get the following:

'WeeWX 5.0.0b15 or greater is required, found 5.0.0. Nothing done, exiting.'

Not sure what this means.  isn't 5.0.0b15 a beta version?  I updated to the latest version when I did a general update on my RPi 4.

Mike

[gjr80]

This problem is due to small bug in our version comparison. This will be fixed in the next release. If you wish to use weectl import before the next release you have a couple of options:

1. you can download a file containing the fix for this problem and replace your v5.0.0 version of this file. To do this:

- download the patched file using:

  wget -P /var/tmp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/master/src/weectllib/import_actions.py

- locate your installed v5.0.0 version of import_actions.py, it will be in the weectllib directory, but where that is depends on your WeeWX install type. Where to find things in the User's Guide will help. For a package install it should be in /usr/share/weewx/. For a pip install it could be in any one of a number of locations, refer to Location of executables in a pip install for help. For a pip/git install it will be in the src directory of the directory in which you cloned the WeeWX repo.

- once located replace your existing import_actions.py with the downloaded version:

  cp /var/tmp/import_actions.py /usr/share/weewx/weectllib/

     adjusting the destination directory to suit.

- try the import again

2. you can apply the fix yourself to your installed import_actions.py. To do this:

- locate your installed import_actions.py using the second step above.

- once found, open import_actions.py for editing, locate the following line (circa line 26):

  REQUIRED_WEEWX = "5.0.0b15"

     and change it to read:

  REQUIRED_WEEWX = "5.0.0"

- save import_actions.py

- try the import again

Alternatively, you can wait and update to the next release (likely a bug fix in the not too distant future) and perform your import then.

Gary

[bhouseski]

yes, this worked (only tried part one).  Thank-you.

[bhouseski]

so I was playing with this some more and now got the following error (see below).  any thoughts?

Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

This is a dry run. Nothing will actually be done.

Starting weectl import...

A CSV import from source file '/var/tmp/data.csv' has been requested.

Using database binding 'wx_binding', which is bound to database 'weewx.sdb'

Destination table 'archive' unit system is '0x01' (US).

Missing derived observations will be calculated.

This is a dry run, imported data will not be saved to archive.

Starting dry run import ...

1953 records identified for import.

Unique records processed: 1953; Last timestamp: 2011-03-28 00:00:00 EDT (1301284800)

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weedb/sqlite.py", line 38, in guarded_fn

    return fn(*args, **kwargs)

           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weedb/sqlite.py", line 233, in execute

    return sqlite3.Cursor.execute(self, *args, **kwargs)

           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

sqlite3.OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 74, in <module>

    main()

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 66, in main

    namespace.func(namespace)

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/__init__.py", line 121, in dispatch

    namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/import_cmd.py", line 82, in import_func

    weectllib.import_actions.obs_import(config_dict,

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/import_actions.py", line 58, in obs_import

    source_obj.run()

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weeimport/weeimport.py", line 439, in run

    self.dbm._write_metadata('lastUpdate', str(int(new_last_update)))

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/manager.py", line 1667, in _write_metadata

    _cursor.execute(DaySummaryManager.meta_replace_str % self.table_name,

  File "/usr/share/weewx/weedb/sqlite.py", line 52, in guarded_fn

    raise weedb.OperationalError(e)

weedb.OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database

[Tom Keffer]

You don't have the necessary privileges to write to the SQLite database. Try using "sudo"

sudo weectl import ...

See the wiki article Understanding permissions. 

-tk

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[bhouseski]

well I feel dumb...

thank-you.

Mike