Hi Renate, We've just been discussing this on the #dspace IRC channel, as it is a strange problem.
> When attempting to create the administrator account I run into > an error. > Any suggestion what we could do? > > dsp...@ir1:/usr/local/dspace/bin$ ./create-administrator > Creating an initial administrator account > E-mail address: > First name: > Last name: > WARNING: Password will appear on-screen. > Password: > Again to confirm: > Is the above data correct? (y or n): y > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1140) > at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:291) > at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:211) > at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:888) > at > org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.findByUnique > (DatabaseManager.java:475) Can you check in your Postgres (or Oracle) database that all the DSpace tables have been created successfully? The main table to check for this problem is 'eperson'. Thanks, Stuart Lewis IT Innovations Analyst and Developer Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928 http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
