Thread: Macintosh client
Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with PostgreSQL? I have Postgres running on a Linux server on my network, and I have a user with a Mac who needs access to the database. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- No discipline is ever requisite to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the attending. -- Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations"
"Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net> writes:
> Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with
> PostgreSQL?
I seem to recall that pgaccess has an option to use an all-Tcl interface
layer instead of libpgtcl/libpq. That would make it all Tcl and thus
in theory easily portable to the Mac. Check the list archives for more
discussion --- I know this question has been asked before.
regards, tom lane
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Tom Lane wrote: > I seem to recall that pgaccess has an option to use an all-Tcl interface > layer instead of libpgtcl/libpq. That would make it all Tcl and thus > in theory easily portable to the Mac. Check the list archives for more > discussion --- I know this question has been asked before. I tried the archives, but the search engine bombed out on me. :-( I'll keep looking around. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You were s'posed to laugh!
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Tom Lane wrote: > > > I seem to recall that pgaccess has an option to use an all-Tcl interface > > layer instead of libpgtcl/libpq. That would make it all Tcl and thus > > in theory easily portable to the Mac. Check the list archives for more > > discussion --- I know this question has been asked before. > > I tried the archives, but the search engine bombed out on me. :-( > > I'll keep looking around. > > -- Brett BTW, in my search for the state of libpq thread-awareness, I also first tried the archives at www.postgresql.org. And after a search of: libpq thread safe and a wait of 10 minutes, I finally gave up. It seems to me that the implementation of the search engine does not shed a very flattering light on the capabilities of PostgreSQL, when, at PostgreSQL's own website, a simple search criteria cannot return results within a reasonable amount of time. PostgreSQL has a (now largely false, I believe) reputation for being slow compared to its competition. All the UDM-based search does is serve to reinforce this now incorrect stereotype. Mike Mascari
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Mike Mascari wrote: > BTW, in my search for the state of libpq thread-awareness, I > also first tried the archives at www.postgresql.org. And > after a search of: What happened with my search was that it came back saying that search.mpl could not be found (is this a Mason component?). This happened on a mirror site as well. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Mike Mascari writes: > BTW, in my search for the state of libpq thread-awareness, I > also first tried the archives at www.postgresql.org. And > after a search of: > > libpq thread safe > > and a wait of 10 minutes, I finally gave up. It seems to me > that the implementation of the search engine does not shed a > very flattering light on the capabilities of PostgreSQL, The mailing lists are also archived at www.geocrawler.com and the search there works like a charm. And I hear it runs on PostgreSQL. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
Brett W. McCoy wrote: > Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with PostgreSQL? How about telnet + psql? regards, abe
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Takehiko Abe wrote: > Brett W. McCoy wrote: > > > Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with PostgreSQL? > > How about telnet + psql? That technically wouldn't be a Macintosh client. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just had my entire INTESTINAL TRACT coated with TEFLON!
Brett W. McCoy wrote: > > > Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with > > > PostgreSQL? > > > > How about telnet + psql? > > That technically wouldn't be a Macintosh client. > No. but does that matter? regards, abe
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Takehiko Abe wrote: > > > > Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with > > > > PostgreSQL? > > > > > > How about telnet + psql? > > > > That technically wouldn't be a Macintosh client. > > > > No. but does that matter? Yes, because the user in question isn't an SQL guru or a Linux guru or anything like that, but a Mac user who is used to clicking on widgets and the like (she's also very familiar with MS-Access, but we don't have a Windows machine available). I was looking for something like PgAccess, so the user could export data to a local file for, say, a mail merge in a word processing document. I ended up having to hand code a web interface ultimately in Perl. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no sincerer love than the love of food. -- George Bernard Shaw
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Marc Rassbach wrote: > > Yes, because the user in question isn't an SQL guru or a Linux guru or > > anything like that, but a Mac user who is used to clicking on widgets and > > the like (she's also very familiar with MS-Access, but we don't have a > > Windows machine available). I was looking for something like PgAccess, so > > Did you try pgaccess via the TCL interface in Netscape? No. I tried using the all-TCL interface to pgaccess, but it gave me problems, even under Linux. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the American dream is for Americans only, it will remain our dream and never be our destiny. -- Ren'e de Visme Williamson
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Takehiko Abe wrote: > > > > > > Are there any clients for the Macintosh that will work with > > > > > PostgreSQL? > > > > > > > > How about telnet + psql? > > > > > > That technically wouldn't be a Macintosh client. > > > > > > > No. but does that matter? > > Yes, because the user in question isn't an SQL guru or a Linux guru or > anything like that, but a Mac user who is used to clicking on widgets and > the like (she's also very familiar with MS-Access, but we don't have a > Windows machine available). I was looking for something like PgAccess, so Did you try pgaccess via the TCL interface in Netscape? (The last company that had an interface to postgreSQL for the Mac was sold off to the Openlink people and the product was discontinued...at tleast from what I remember. With MacOS X, an interface should be simpler) > the user could export data to a local file for, say, a mail merge in a > word processing document. I ended up having to hand code a web interface > ultimately in Perl. > > -- Brett > http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > There is no sincerer love than the love of food. > -- George Bernard Shaw > >