Re: PostgreSQL under Windows

Hi guys,

Although the "Proof of Concept" build works, it does have a few drawbacks:
 + Only works on English (US at least) installations, because it's hard 
coded to install in C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL.  On non-English 
installations, "C:\Program Files" is named differently and causes things 
to fail.
 + It's missing the pager program "less", and the gzip libraries, so 
using pg_dump and psql have problems.
 + It's based on an old version of PostgreSQL, 7.3.1 from memory.

All that being said, it should be ok to use, but don't run it in a 
production environment.  Development and testing environments should be ok.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 08:03, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 22:34:04 -0700,
>>  "P.M" <pmdanger@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I was thinking that PostgreSQL could help me to reduce
>>>the cost of a such software. But i would like to know
>>>what is the status of the PostGreSQL version under
>>>Windows ?
>>>I mean, i know that some of you are trying to do an
>>>installer version under Windows for PostGreSQL and i
>>>would like to know if a beta version already exist or
>>>not....
>>
>>There will be a beta native windows port available in about 3 weeks.
>>It is currently possible to run postgresql on windows using cygwin.
>>
> 
> 
> If you don't want to wait and not big on cygwin, you can get a "proof of
> concept" build at 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9764&release_id=136623
> 
> It's not supported by anyone and I can't even say if it will work for
> you, but it has worked for some in the past and might be a good way to
> get your feet wet. 
> 
> Once you get up and running be sure to come back and help us beta test!
> :-)
> 
> Robert Treat