Re: alternative to postgresql - PostgreSQL Windows

And with new versions of Cygwin supporting multibyte characters, even
multibyte support seems to be working in PostgreSQL on Windows.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Fields [mailto:dfields-postgres(at)pexicom(dot)com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:38 PM
> To: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [JDBC] alternative to postgresql - PostgreSQL Windows
>
>
>
> >With all respect for PostGreSQL - but if you are on Windows
> and don't want
> >to go through the hassles of Cygwin you should definitely
> take them into
> >consideration.
>
> I last tried Cygwin quite some time ago. It was a hassle back then.
>
> However, just this week I used the really well done FAQ at:
>
> http://www.ejip.net/faq/postgresql_win_setup_faq.jsp
>
> Which walked you step by step through the Cygwin install
> (much improved
> since the last time I used it), IPC install (a really simple one file
> download), and PostgreSQL (7.1.3, although they also have 7.2
> available)
> setup under Windows.
>
> I was absolutely amazed - it worked perfectly, no hitches -
> first time. I
> even pg_dump'd and compressed my Linux database and restored
> it - first try
> - pointed my Java programs to the Windows server, and voila.
>
> My opinion: If you like PostgreSQL and have about 15-30 minutes (plus
> download time) to install it on Windows - do it, no questions
> asked. If you
> don't have 15-30 minutes to solve a problem, then why are you
> wasting our
> time asking a question? :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug
>
>
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