Thread: RC1 MSI Installer
The RC1 MSI installer has been released, and is available from the pgFoundry page on http://pgfoundry.projects.postgresql.org. It will also be available from the ftp mirrors shortly in /pub/win32. Please use the ftp sites for download if possible, so pgFoundry doesn't burn up.. //Magnus
Magnus Hagander wrote: >The RC1 MSI installer has been released, and is available from the >pgFoundry page on http://pgfoundry.projects.postgresql.org. >It will also be available from the ftp mirrors shortly in /pub/win32. >Please use the ftp sites for download if possible, so pgFoundry doesn't >burn up.. > >//Magnus > > > Any chance of updating the oledb version in it? Where should I post news about new OLE DB versions so as to make sure that the installer picks up the latest one available at release time? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. http://www.lingnu.com/
Magnus Hagander wrote on 05.12.2004 22:06: > The RC1 MSI installer has been released, and is available from the > pgFoundry page on http://pgfoundry.projects.postgresql.org. > It will also be available from the ftp mirrors shortly in /pub/win32. > Please use the ftp sites for download if possible, so pgFoundry doesn't > burn up.. I just tried it and I have three comments, not sure if these are bugs, or if this is intended: 1) when choosing not to install the service, the data directory will not be initialized even if it's option is selected. I gues the reason is, that without a running backend the installer cannot do the initdb, but without the service there is no way to start the backend? 2) I did not find UNICODE in the available encodings when initializing the data directory. 3) I think it would be a good idea to offer an additional option to install a default database & user so that one can work with the system right after the installation has finished. Cheers Thomas
>> The RC1 MSI installer has been released, and is available from the >> pgFoundry page on http://pgfoundry.projects.postgresql.org. >> It will also be available from the ftp mirrors shortly in /pub/win32. >> Please use the ftp sites for download if possible, so >pgFoundry doesn't >> burn up.. > >I just tried it and I have three comments, not sure if these >are bugs, or >if this is intended: > >1) when choosing not to install the service, the data >directory will not be >initialized even if it's option is selected. I gues the reason >is, that >without a running backend the installer cannot do the initdb, >but without >the service there is no way to start the backend? Not quite, but almost. You don't need a running service to run initdb. So we *could* do it. But right now the code only asks you for the required username/password combinations when you install as a service. And those are needed for initdb as well... >2) I did not find UNICODE in the available encodings when >initializing the data directory. Correct. Unicode encoding is broken on Win32 and therefor not listed in the installer options. >3) I think it would be a good idea to offer an additional >option to install >a default database & user so that one can work with the system >right after >the installation has finished. In most cases, you will have this - when you install as a service. The non-service install is really only meant for people who are going to do non-standard thigns with the server, in which case they probably want to initdb themselves. //Magnus