Justin, can you add this to the release notes section on the sourceforge site if it's not already there?
Robert Treat On Saturday 14 June 2003 12:02 am, Justin Clift wrote: > 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" <[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=136 > >623 > > > > 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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match