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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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