Re: downloading and installing postgreSQL

Great, thanks.

Is this the appropriate place to ask those types of support questions?
Well, any type of support questions?

thanks

Ken

On 17/10/2007, Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Ken Johansson wrote:
> > Im installing the latest software (
> > postgresql-8.2.5-1-binaries-no-installer.....) on windows xp but i dont
> know
> > what file to click to install - this seems very ambiguous. Can anyone
> > help?
>
> You don't mention platform, but Win32 is the only one with a
> no-installer binary, so I guess we can assume you are installing on some
> approved version of Windows. Why did you elect a no-installer version?
> The regular version comes with an installer and is very easy to
> install. I see the following note on the download page:
>
> "postgresql-8.2.5-1-binaries-no-installer.zip is a zip of the PostgreSQL
> installation directory. It does not include any of the bundled apps or
> drivers and is intended for expert users only!"
>
> It's a zip file, you just unzip it where you want it installed. But
> since you don't know what to do with it, I'd suggest you go with
> postgresql-8.2.5-1.zip instead. Unzip in a temporary directory, read
> the README file, then double click the MSI file (or just type the name
> at a command prompt if you use that.)
>
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> Guy Rouillier
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Ken