Monthly and Yearly standard reports showing code instead of data

[tommy Teague]

Howdy

Newbie here. Recently found and installed weewx to connect to Acurite 5n1 USB display

Everything is working except the reports have a couple issues.

weewx 5.1 running on rpi zero 2 w - Ubuntu Server 24.04.3 LTS fully updated

MariaDB 10.11.2 running on Windows 11

weewx.conf setup to connect to mysql using ID/PW: weewx/weewx

On the monthly report I'm seeing:

TEMPERATURE (F), RAIN (in), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 87.6 96.0 15:30 75.2 00:00 $day.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $day.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 0.00 3.3 9.9 12:49 0 21 82.9 100.3 16:40 71.8 06:50 $day.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $day.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 0.00 1.5 11.4 19:45 292 22 79.4 93.6 14:50 72.1 05:30 $day.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $day.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 0.00 1.1 10.4 16:35 14 23 77.4 89.9 12:05 73.9 13:20 $day.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $day.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 1.70 1.0 9.9 17:03 90 24 76.3 89.8 14:30 70.3 07:05 $day.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $day.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 0.03 2.2 8.3 11:42 354

On the yearly report I'm seeing:

MEAN MEAN DEG DEG >= <= <= <= YR MO MAX MIN MEAN DAYS DAYS HI DAY LOW DAY 90 32 32 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2025 01 2025 02 2025 03 2025 04 2025 05 2025 06 2025 07 2025 08 $month.outTemp.meanmax.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $month.outTemp.meanmin.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 80.5 $month.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $month.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 100.3 21 70.3 24 $month.outTemp.max_ge($Hot).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $month.outTemp.max_le($Cold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $month.outTemp.min_le($Cold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $month.outTemp.min_le($VeryCold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) 2025 09 2025 10 2025 11 2025 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $year.outTemp.meanmax.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $year.outTemp.meanmin.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 80.5 $year.heatdeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) $year.cooldeg.sum.format($Temp,$NONE,add_label=False) 100.3 Aug 70.3 Aug $year.outTemp.max_ge($Hot).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $year.outTemp.max_le($Cold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $year.outTemp.min_le($Cold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False) $year.outTemp.min_le($VeryCold).format($Count,$NONE,add_label=False)

Any fixes for these items?

Regards,

Tommy

[Tom Keffer]

Another user reported a similar problem last year. The point of commonality is MariaDB running on Windows. 

This is not a configuration that I can recreate (nor is it supported). I suspect the problem has something to do with the case-insensitive nature of Windows, but I don't really know.

Unless you have some compelling reason to use MariaDB (or MySQL), I would strongly suggest that you just use sqlite3.

-tk

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[Pablo Sanchez]

Tommy,

As it is a new installation, it be worth trying SQLite.

As a database geek, I also run SQLite. There is no need to incur the overhead of setting up and running MariaDB/MySQL for a single-user environment. SQLite is light weight and self-contained. If you want to query it, you can install a client and muck around.

Cheers!

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[Tom Keffer]

Indeed. See the wiki article on SQLite vs MySQL on just this subject.

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[tommy Teague]

Thank you all for the quick replies.

I use Maria for several home automation projects here at the house so figured it was a no brainer. I use this Windows PC as a common file location and DB server, OTA TV recording, etc. etc.

Could I store the sqlite file on a network drive to cut down on the rpi sdcard writes? Or just live with the data loss risk and perform backups?

Regards,

Tommy

[Pablo Sanchez]

Ah, that does make sense why you want to piggyback off of your existing Maria DB installation.

Have a look at https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream as a method to continuously back up the DB to a remote server.

Personally, I rsync the entire weemx data directory to another server. I may lose some data but probably not relevant. ;)

Cheers!

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[tommy Teague]

I reverted to sqlite and the data populates as expected. I'll look at making backups now... 

Regards,

Tommy

[Pablo Sanchez]

MariaDB is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL so it sounds like a bug. :)

I am glad you got things working.

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