You could copy the database cluster for sure, but you wouldn’t be able to read/write any data to it without PostgreSQL being installed.
If you’re talking about a machine accessing a database on a different PostgreSQL server, you need the ODBC drivers (for Windows) or client libraries (Linux.)
Andy
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of mindtree.chandana@daimlerchrysler.com Sent: 09 May 2006 5:45 am To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: [ADMIN] Query
Hi , Is it possible to create a local copy of PostgreSQL database that is present in server even without installation of PostgreSQL in the local machine.?