Re: Creating an Independant Application

I think Postgres has to be installed as a service. Seems as if what you are
looking for is more of an embeddable solution in which the libraries can
move with the app per se.

Johann.

"Bob Pawley" <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca> wrote in message
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> I've already built the PostgreSQL database. Now I want to turn it and the
> Delphi interface (host) into a distributable application.
>
> I am using Installshield and I need to pick up the files in Postgres to
> include.
>
> Bob Pawley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John McCawley" <nospam(at)hardgeus(dot)com>
> To: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley(at)shaw(dot)ca>
> Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Creating an Independant Application
>
>
>> I'm not quite sure I understand your question, do you mean that you wish
>> to distribute an "all-in-one" installer for a client machine that will
>> include both your app and PostgreSQL?
>>
>> It all depends on the complexity of your database backend. If this is
>> small, quick-and-dirty app, I don't know if PostgreSQL is the best match
>> for a setup like that. Other people on this list may disagree, but I
>> tend to think that a full-blown RDBMS is overkill for that sort of
>> problem. If your app is in C/C++, you may want to check out SQLite:
>>
>> http://www.sqlite.org/
>>
>> If you're programming in a Windows-centric environment, you may want to
>> consider using an Access .mdb backend and programming to it through ADO.
>>
>>
>> Bob Pawley wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I have managed to turn my host software into an executable. It runs
>>> well using my installed database and server.
>>> What files in PostgreSQL do I need to include to have the host
>>> software, the PostgreSQL server and database run as an independant
>>> application??
>>> Bob Pawley
>>
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