Re: psql patches for win32

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Christoph Dalitz wrote:
> Hello Bruce,
>
> here are the patches for psql on Win32:
>
> psql4win32.patch - changes in the psql source code
> psql-ref.patch - changes in the documentation psql-ref.sgml
> (for new builtin variable WIN32_CONSOLE)
>
> To apply them use "patch -p 1" in the root directory of the
> postgres source directory.
>
> If you are not the right adressee for these patches, please let me
> know whom I can send them instead.
>
> These patches fix the following problems of psql on Win32
> (all changes only have effect #ifdef WIN32):
>
> a) Problem: Static library libpq.a did not work
> Solution: Added WSAStartup() in fe-connect.c
>
> b) Problem: Secret Password was echoed by psql
> Solution: Password echoing disabled in sprompt.c
>
> c) Problem: 8bit characters were displayed/interpreted wrong in psql
> This is due to the fact that the Win32 "console" uses a
> different encoding than the rest of the Windows system
> Solution: Introduced a new psql variable WIN32_CONSOLE
> When set with "\set WIN32_console", the function OemToChar()
> is applied after reading input and CharToOem() before
> displaying Output
>
> Christoph Dalitz
>
> PS: How was your talk at LinuxTag?
> Was there strong interest in PostgreSQL?

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