pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml rc ...

CVSROOT: /cvsroot
Module name: pgsql-server
Changes by: momjian(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org 03/07/27 00:32:26

Modified files:
doc/src/sgml/ref: psql-ref.sgml
src/bin/psql : describe.c input.c mbprint.c sprompt.c
src/interfaces/libpq: fe-connect.c

Log message:
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.

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