PG only runs as a daemon. However, you can connect over UNIX-domain sockets rather than Internet sockets if you want.
Jon On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Gregory Stone wrote: > Is there a way from C++ to essentailly use postgresql as an embedded > database? I have a situation where I'd rather have a postgrtes daemon > running on my customer's machine except when my client application is up. > Preferably I'd like to not have to establish a network connection, and > hence use the daemon at all, to the datbase but just perform queries from > my c++ code. I've only used postgresql over the net, with a daemon, and > JDBC which is the traditional method so this is new territory. Can anyone > point me in the right direction in the docs? > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > -Gregory > > ===== > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gregory Stone | "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | a member of congress; but I repeat myself." > | - Mark Twain > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
