Re: postgreSQL editors

Michael Glaesemann wrote:
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> On Dec 30, 2003, at 10:05 AM, beyaRecords - The home Urban music wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> can anyone recommend a good editor for postgreSQl wich wil enable me
>> to create functions/stored procedures?
>> I am currently running version 7.4.1 on OS X 10.3
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>
> If you're looking for an editor to write arbitrary SQL and support color
> syntax highlighting, you probably can't go wrong with BBEdit. You can
> get the ANSI SQL glossary for highlighting, and although it won't pick
> up PostgreSQL-specific extensions to SQL, it will highlight the majority
> of the syntax. Also has great grep (including savable search patterns),
> Applescript, FTP, CVS, and shell script support, if those things
> interest you. I write most of my SQL in it before feeding the file to
> psql or just copying and pasting the commands into phppgadmin or psql
> directly.
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm myrealbox com
>

I would vote for emacs/vim if you only want simple stuff such as color
syntax highlighting. :) And with some emacs extension, you probably can do
much cooler stuff with it too.

Wei