Re: ODBC driver for Windows - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: ODBC driver for Windows
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Msg-id web-149727@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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In response to ODBC driver for Windows  (David Link <dlink@soundscan.com>)
List pgsql-novice
David,

> I'm looking through the documentation, I'm trying to figure this out.
>
> How can I get a client up and running, 'psql' and an ODBC driver for
> postgreSQL on Windows?  Do I need to install the entire database with
> cygwin?

If you're on Windows, download PgAdminII from:
http://pgadmin.postgresql.org/

This will install the latest ODBC, as well as a nifty GUI admin console.

> I'm playing around with Macromedia's Dreamweaver and ColdFusion which
> can use ODBC to connect to databases. (It can also use JDBC, OLE DB
> and
> has native support for Oracle and others -- not PG though :-)

IMHO, Dreamweaver and Coldfusion leave a lot to be desired as real
production platforms.  For playing around, they've OK.

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