Re: [GENERAL] Whence libpgtcl.so ??

Sounds like your OS calls the shared library .sl instead of .so...sl ==
shared library? What OS?

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Robert Wagner wrote:

> Dear Christopher
>
> > Umm, you try loading libpgtcl.so into your new wish yet?
>
> There is no file by the name libpgtcl.so on my system. Is there a place to
> download it? In /usr/local/pgsql/lib there is libpgtcl.a, libpgtcl.sl and
> libpgtcl.sl.2.
>
> Do I just copy the file? Into what directory? I have TclPro 1.2. But no
> instructions on how to add database support! I'd like to keep Postgress if
> possible! But I can't, if it locks us into one shell, which must be
> recompiled every time there is an update.
>
> I'm shocked that it's necessary to recompile the shell just to talk to a
> database. Are there no simpler alternatives, such as an extension? I've
> tried jultaf pq, which purports to be an extension, but after downloading I
> found that I needed to compile it! But it won't compile. All other
> extensions I have tried, all I have to do is copy the directory into the
> /opt/scriptics/TclPro1.2/lib directory and be done with it. It was always
> simple.
>
> This mess is left to me, because all the Unix consultants quit suddenly,

For no reason at all, they all flew the coop? :)

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