On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 10:59 -0700, Bob Pawley wrote:
I'll date myself so you all may know from where I am coming. My first lesson
in binary math took place in a classroom in 1958. Since then I have
witnessed a lot that has since swept under the bridge.
This thread reminds me of the
Andreas wrote:
So dere's what I did.
1) Figure out where your Postgres binaries ended up.
Probaply in C:\Programs\PostgreSQL\8.0\bin
2) Right-click on the PC-icon on your desktop. It's called my
workplace or something. Sorry, I have no English version.
3) Click on settings
4)
Joe schrieb:
What I am surprised is that this is (apparently) not discussed in the
manual or the FAQ. The only indirect reference I found is in section
14.6.2 where it states --in a Unix context-- that you should add [the
PostgreSQL bin directory] into your PATH.
Well, perhaps because the
-cut-
It is correct that the installer does not put the PosgtgreSQL directory
in the system PATH. This is intended behaviour - but mainly because we
didn't have time to do a proper fix for the 8.0 release.
We hope to give a choice to the user on what to do (where to put the
shared DLLs, and what
Andreas wrote:
On the other hand I'd guess, that people who NEED that detailed handholding
would not bother to install a full blown SQL server or at least would prefer to
play with PGAdmin3.
I'm sorry but I disagree. Stating that you need to may need to add the bin
directory to your path,
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 10:59:37AM -0700, Bob Pawley wrote:
I'll date myself so you all may know from where I am coming. My first
lesson in binary math took place in a classroom in 1958. Since then I have
witnessed a lot that has since swept under the bridge.
snip
People want tools to do
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
People who don't care about how it works should simply install PGAdmin
III and then they don't need to understand PATHs. People who don't know
what a command line does should stay away from it. They aren't required
to use it (in theory, windows is a new port so it
Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's not a matter of learning, but of information. I know what a
command line is, but I still think the PostgreSQL documentation should
indicate what one should do to *use* the programs. I can easily
figure out by inspection after the install, that all/most of
Joe schrieb:
I guess I wasn't clear enough. Currently, I'm about to use the native
Win32 port. I suspect pgsql-hackers-win32 subscribers won't
appreciate newbie-type questions. Specifically, I installed 8.0.3
with the installer. Then I opened a command prompt window, typed
'createdb
Joe wrote:
I see there's a pgsql-cygwin list and a pgsql-hackers-win32 list, but no
pgsql-win32 list. I browsed through the pgsql-novice and pgsql-general
archives and only saw a few Windows-related posts. Which of those two
lists is most appropriate for asking newbie-type questions about
Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I see there's a pgsql-cygwin list and a pgsql-hackers-win32 list, but
no pgsql-win32 list. I browsed through the pgsql-novice and
pgsql-general archives and only saw a few Windows-related posts.
Which of those two lists is most appropriate for asking newbie-type
Tom Lane wrote:
Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I see there's a pgsql-cygwin list and a pgsql-hackers-win32 list, but
no pgsql-win32 list. I browsed through the pgsql-novice and
pgsql-general archives and only saw a few Windows-related posts.
Which of those two lists is most appropriate for
I see there's a pgsql-cygwin list and a pgsql-hackers-win32 list, but no
pgsql-win32 list. I browsed through the pgsql-novice and pgsql-general archives
and only saw a few Windows-related posts. Which of those two lists is most
appropriate for asking newbie-type questions about the Windows
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