Re: windows distribution

--- Nikola Skoric <nick-news(at)net4u(dot)hr> wrote:
> Is there windows distribution of PostgreSQL? I
> recieve contradictory
> information :-) Some people say there is, some there
> isn't. So, is
> there? I've been browsing www.postresql.org
> (http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html) but I
> don't seem to find a
> windows binary distribution... If there is one,
> where can I download it?
>

There is no native Windows version of PostgreSQL, yet.
Plenty of people use Cygwin emulation to run
PostgreSQL on Windows. Reports are that it runs well
enough, but doesn't scale too well. There also exists
a beta (proof of concept?) port of PostgreSQL 7.2 by
PeerDirect. This is reported to work pretty well, but
is not supported by the PostgreSQL development group.
You can read more about these options at
http://techdocs.postgresql.org .

A native Windows port is being actively developed at
present. No-one knows when it will be completed, but
we hope it will be ready for the next release, maybe
another four to six months.

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