Thread: 7.4 windows version?

I know that postgres runs under Cygwin. It was announced that 7.4 would
have a windows native version or some such.  I have found nothing but
Cygwin versions however.

I have a situation where I'm building an application and Cygwin is
obnoxious to work with from an installation viewpoint (i.e. creating
the installer) plus it is additional overhead and maintenance that I'd
rather not deal with in a deployment situation.  So I was wondering
what the status on having a windows native release is?  I really REALLY
would like to use postgresql for this application, but I want to avoid
having to write my own Cygwin install script for non-technical users
who have never heard of Linux.

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Jonathan Barnhart <jdbarnhart@yahoo.com> writes:

> I know that postgres runs under Cygwin. It was announced that 7.4 would
> have a windows native version or some such.  I have found nothing but
> Cygwin versions however.

Native Windows support is slated for 7.5 (which is nearing beta at
this point).

-Doug

Doug McNaught wrote:
> Jonathan Barnhart <jdbarnhart@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
>>I know that postgres runs under Cygwin. It was announced that 7.4 would
>>have a windows native version or some such.  I have found nothing but
>>Cygwin versions however.
>
>
> Native Windows support is slated for 7.5 (which is nearing beta at
> this point).
>

You mean I'll be able to run this on my windows computer at work instead
of the Access?  OMG!!!





...  I'm so happy  ...

Tom Allison wrote:
> Doug McNaught wrote:
>
>> Jonathan Barnhart <jdbarnhart@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I know that postgres runs under Cygwin. It was announced that 7.4 would
>>> have a windows native version or some such.  I have found nothing but
>>> Cygwin versions however.
>>
>>
>>
>> Native Windows support is slated for 7.5 (which is nearing beta at
>> this point).
>>
>
> You mean I'll be able to run this on my windows computer at work instead
> of the Access?  OMG!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> ...  I'm so happy  ...
>
>
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The Object Management Group (OMG) would be smiling too if they read your
post. I wonder if they ever considered the more divine translation :-)

Regards,

Thomas Hallgren