Re: Libpq on windows

On 2009-06-11, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff(at)rogers(dot)com> wrote:
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> On June 10, 2009 10:00:48 pm Andy Colson wrote:
>> Phil Longstaff wrote:
>> > I want to develop an app which uses libpq, built with mingw. Is there a
>> > download package which contains just the include files/dlls? If not,
>> > what package do I download? I don't need the server, just the client
>> > libraries.
>> >
>> >
>> > Phil
>>
>> If you dont mind all the ssl stuff (5 or 6 dll's worth) you can borrow
>> the client from pgAdmin III.
>>
>> I, however, just build my own w/out the ssl stuff. There is no client
>> only, but its really not hard, just download the full source, unpack,
>> compile and then copy the libpq.dll out.
>>
>> If you want mine I could copy it out so you can download it.
>
> Thanks. How strict is pgsql about version matches (client to server). If I
> get your client, will it work with all 8.x versions of the server?
>
> Is there a place on the postgresql.org website that I could request that they
> package the library (built, or just source) by itself?

there's a source repostiory, CVS I think.