Re: any alternative to pg-safeupdate for windows 10?

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 5:01 AM john snow <ofbizfanster(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> does anyone know how to get past this?
>
> pgxnclient install --pg_config "C:\PostgreSQL11\bin" safeupdate
>
> ERROR: [WinError 5] Access is denied running command: C:\PostgreSQL11\bin
> --libdir
>
>
>
> i am the admin in the postgresql11 machine i'm trying to install the
> "safeupdate" extension to
>
> and "C:\PostgreSQL11\bin" is in my PATH
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:47 AM john snow <ofbizfanster(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> https://github.com/eradman/pg-safeupdate requires criteria for updates
>> and deletes, so can protect from accidental wholesale updates / deletes.
>>
>> but i have not been able to install it on my windows 10 machine.
>>
>> i've installed python 3.7, pgxnclient, but pgxnclient install safeupate
>> fails
>>
>> does any one know other extensions with functionalities similar to
>> pg-safeupdate that can be installed on a windows postgresql environment?
>>
>> When you say you are an "in the postgresql11 machine" does that mean you
are an admin in Postgres or you're an admin as a Windows user? If the
former, obviously you should get Windows admin rights. If the latter, are
you running your command prompt in elevated admin mode or just regular user
mode? (You should be running the cmd prompt in elevated admin mode, I
think).

Steve