Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Mon Aug 23 12:16:36 EDT 2004
+ Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
1.4) What non-Unix ports are available?
- Client
-
- It is possible to compile the libpq C library, psql, and other
- interfaces and client applications to run on MS Windows platforms. In
- this case, the client is running on MS Windows, and communicates via
- TCP/IP to a server running on one of our supported Unix platforms. A
- file win32.mak is included in the distribution for making a Win32
- libpq library and psql. PostgreSQL also communicates with ODBC
- clients.
-
- Server
-
- The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using Cygwin, the
- Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN in the
- distribution or the MS Windows FAQ at
- http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN.
-
- A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked on. For
- more details on the current status of PostgreSQL on Windows see
- http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows and
- http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html.
+ Starting with version 8.0, PostgreSQL now runs natively on Microsoft
+ Windows NT-based operating systems like Win2000, WinXP, and Win2003. A
+ prepackaged installer is available at
+ http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.
There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at http://forge.novell.com.
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Mon Aug 23 12:16:36 EDT 2004</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
<H4><A name="1.4">1.4</A>) What non-Unix ports are available?</H4>
- <P><STRONG>Client</STRONG></P>
-
- <P>It is possible to compile the <I>libpq</I> C library, psql, and
- other interfaces and client applications to run on MS Windows platforms.
- In this case, the client is running on MS Windows, and communicates
- via TCP/IP to a server running on one of our supported Unix
- platforms. A file <I>win32.mak</I> is included in the distribution
- for making a Win32 <I>libpq</I> library and <I>psql</I>. PostgreSQL
- also communicates with <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> clients.</P>
-
- <P><STRONG>Server</STRONG></P>
-
- <P>The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using
- Cygwin, the Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See
- <I>pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN</I> in the distribution or the MS Windows FAQ
- at <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN">
- http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN</A>.</P>
-
- <p>A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked
- on. For more details on the current status of PostgreSQL on Windows see
- <a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows">
- http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows</a> and
- <a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html">
- http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html</a>.</p>
+ <P>Starting with version 8.0, PostgreSQL now runs natively on
+ Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems like Win2000, WinXP,
+ and Win2003. A prepackaged installer is available at <a href=
+ "http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
+ http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.
<p>There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at
<a href="http://forge.novell.com">http://forge.novell.com</a>.</p>