From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Aram Fingal <fingal(at)multifactorial(dot)com> |
Cc: | Postgres-General General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Installing Contrib Modules with a Precompiled Binary |
Date: | 2010-09-20 18:11:51 |
Message-ID: | 14214.1285006311@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Aram Fingal <fingal(at)multifactorial(dot)com> writes:
> I'm using the OS X precompiled binary from EnterpriseDB and want to add the tablefunc contrib module. I haven't been able to find any documentation about how to do this or even whether modules can be added to this binary version.
Most packagers distribute all the contrib modules as a single lump ---
look around, you'll likely find it available from EDB.
> I suppose that it may be a good idea to export my databases and compile from source anyway. I see that Postgres is running as a 32-bit application while I have a 64-bit machine and OS (OS X, Snow Leopard.)
Note that you will need a dump and reload to convert a database from
32-bit to 64-bit. If you don't know that you are running into memory
restrictions, it may not be worth the trouble.
regards, tom lane
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