I'd greatly prefer a GUI. It seems like a command-line tool would be incredibly tedious when creating tables, modifying them, filling them with data, etc. Thanks.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > On 10/24/2015 07:20 PM, David Blomstrom wrote: > >> I'm on a Mac running OS X El Capitain. I think I installed PostgreSQL >> 9.5 after following the links to >> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#osx >> > > Well the tutorial is geared to using the command line to run programs. > > Are you comfortable with the command line or would you prefer to use a GUI > like pgAdmin? > > >> I just learned about phpPGAdmin and installed it as well. But when I >> navigate to localhost/phppgadmin, I get a "not found" error message. >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Adrian Klaver >> <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> wrote: >> >> On 10/24/2015 06:21 PM, David Blomstrom wrote: >> >> I just installed PostgreSQL and started reading the tutorial @ >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutorial-createdb.html >> and was >> snowed at square one. To create a database, I'm supposed to type >> the >> following command: >> >> $ createdb mydb >> >> But it doesn't say where I'm supposed to type it. When I click >> on the >> PostgreSQL icon in my taskbar, a program called pgAdminIII opens >> up. >> I've clicked File, Edit, Plugins, etc., but I don't see any >> clues about >> where I'm supposed to type commands. >> >> >> So lets backup up a bit: >> >> 1) What OS are you on? >> >> 2) How did you install Postgres? >> >> 3) What version of Postgres? >> Hope it is not 8.0 implied by the doc link above. >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> David Blomstrom >> Writer & Web Designer (Mac, M$ & Linux) >> www.geobop.org <http://www.geobop.org> >> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com > -- David Blomstrom Writer & Web Designer (Mac, M$ & Linux) www.geobop.org
