Re: Dumb Newbie Question - Mandrake 9.0 / PGSQL 7.2

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, QUINN, JAY (SBCSI) wrote:

> Ok, I went and bought Mandrake Linux 9.0 today, it has Postgresql 7.2.
> Where is Postgresql in this OS? I can see it via ps -ef|grep post*, and
> when it loads up on boot and stops when it shuts down. But I can't find the
> icon or where it resides in the GUI to start/run or use it. Help! Thanks,
> Jay
>
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before you go off looking for a fancy GUI (there are a few, pgaccess,
pgadminII, etc...) try using psql from the command line. It's one of the
finest command line interfaces I've seen for any database, and it's quite
easy to learn.