On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.a...@wien.gv.at> wrote: > Atri Sharma wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Atri Sharma <atri.j...@gmail.com> > wrote: >>>> I am trying to install my FDW project on windows.I did some research >>>> and I believe I shall be requiring pre compiled binaries(dll > files).I >>>> tried cross compiling using MinGW on my Ubuntu.I am using PGXS for >>>> compiling and making my project.I tried overriding CC and setting it >>>> to the MinGW C compiler,but I am getting header file not found > errors. >>>> >>>> How can I compile binaries for windows with PGXS? > >>> Are you trying to build them to use with the EDB distribution, or > your >>> own builds? If the former, then you'll likely need to build with VC++ >>> which means you cannot use PGXS. If it's your own build, then as long >>> as you used Mingw/Msys in the first place, you should be able to use >>> PGXS as you would on Linux. > >> I am sorry,I am not too sure about EDB.Cannot I cross compile even for >> EnterpriseDB version? >> >> I am not too good with windows.I downloaded PostgreSQL 9.1 for windows >> from PostgreSQL website. >> >> What should I be doing? > > I have never tried cross compiling PostgreSQL for Windows, and I > don't know if it works. If you have a Windows machine, do it there, > if not, forget it since you cannot even test your binaries :^) > > You can either use PGXS with MinGW, which should work just like > building on UNIX, or use Microsoft Visual C++ / Windows SDK. > > If you use EnterpriseDB's binary downloads, which are built > with MSVC, you'll have to compile your extension "by hand". > > I have read a report that extensions built with MinGW are > compatible with EDB's binaries if you use --disable-float8-byval > (http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/246-ODBC-Foreign-Data-wr > apper-odbc_fdw-on-windows.html). > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe
Laurenz, How do I use PGXS with MinGW)? Atri -- Regards, Atri l'apprenant -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers