Re: What's left?

Thomas Swan wrote:

>>
>> More properly:
>> %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL
>>
>> And then, if they don't like that, let them put it wherever they darn
>> well please.
>>
>>
>>
>>> For right now, I'd suggest a directory that doesn't have whitespace
>>> and localization issues :-P
>>>
>>
>>
>> It will have to be faced. If it cannot handle spaces or funny
>> characters, it will simply fail.
>>
>>
> What about 8.3 short names for the win32 environment?
> "C:\Progra~1\Postgres" Should be able to work correctly. Isn't there
> a win32 command to get the short path if you need it?

Please not... 8.3 is really ancient.
PostgreSQL-win32 should be as native as possible, including all
naming/path/registry conventions. The more familiar pgsql looks to
hardcore windowers, the better will be the acceptance for a newbie.

Regards,
Andreas