Re: Upgrading by double-clicking the .msi

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, "pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Upgrading by double-clicking the .msi
Date: 2014-06-25 04:25:01
Message-ID: 53AA4F1D.4000905@2ndquadrant.com
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On 06/24/2014 04:49 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Upgrading the driver by double-clicking the new .msi file doesn't work:

...

> To fix that, we need to use the Windows Installer "major upgrade"
> feature.

...

> Any objections?

Sounds great to me. I was quite struck by the odd use of "upgrade.bat"
when I first started looking closely at psqlODBC.

Among other nice things, doing what you suggest should keep the registry
entries pointing to the correct things.

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Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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