claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com wrote on 13/02/2004 11:53:09:
> > > It is unfortunate that a few people considered my comments as > non-constructive. Perhaps if > > they were to do a few google searches they would find, instead of the > answer they expect, > > This is the key point. You looked for something that you reasonably expected > to be able to find, or at least pertinent related information... but came up > empty. Seems like a fair enough point for "advocacy" to me. > > (At a guess, a simple google search for "psql.exe" will be successful, and, > as others have mentioned, the docs do state how to build psql/libpq under > Win32, but your point certainly still holds true for the other client > binaries.) Alas - A Google search for "psql.exe" is more likly to send you to MySql then encourage you to persevere. The first candidate is from 1999, the second one of seems to be perfect until you try it. It is in Japanese. > > > that many, many other people are in fact asking the same questions that I > am. It is not that > > 7.5 will have a native win-32 build (though that is very interesting) it > is simply that client server > > systems need clients! > > > > Even a cursory glance at the 'official' download pages shows that clients > are *not* even > > mentioned. > Again - the Google search shows many people asking the same questions but a very limited range of answers are provided. I fully understand that the "experts" are interested in the server itself - but in many cases, this does not resolve the newbies problems. > Well, I can happily report that the all the client binaries do now build > under Win32, but this won't help you (and others) until 7.5 is released, at > the very least. > > To be clear, do you believe that you would have been in the same position if > you had been able to download a pre-built Win32 PostgreSQL installation (as > you can for some of the *nix platforms), or are you suggesting that the > client binaries themselves be made (prominently) available as a > stand-alone/separate pre-built download? > > Cheers, > Claudio Ready-to-Run Client binaries made prominently available as a stand-alone download for a range of target clients are exactly what I am looking for. If you think about it, it makes sense (at least to me). To have a development environment on your target server is a given. This allows you to build, configure, tweak etc. your server apps - something that is almost always necessary! But how much tweaking does the client app need?
