Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <01C10A0E.D96BDFF0.jorgens@coho.net> From: Steve Jorgensen Reply-To: "jorgens AT coho DOT net" To: "Cygwin List (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Ref. : Postgresql on NT Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:39:02 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Since you want to run on Windows in a production environment, would it not make sense to use something like Interbase/Firebird that has a fully native Windows version with fewer installation hassles? I have a fried who has used Interbase for a while now and is quite happy with it. It's pretty much free/open, though it is not GPL. -----Original Message----- From: Riaan Labuschagne [SMTP:Riaan AT radioretail DOT co DOT za] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:50 AM To: Cygwin AT Cygwin. Com (E-mail) Subject: FW: Ref. : Postgresql on NT Thanks , But I have to run the Db onthe NT machine as I have over 360 machines that each need there own DB. For our application see - http://www.radioretail.co.za Riaan Labuschagne e-mail: riaan AT radioretail DOT co DOT za +27 82 567 9063 +27 21 982 2223 +27 21 982 2225 (fax) Visit http://www.radioretail.co.za -----Original Message----- From: hans DOT deragon AT visa DOT desjardins DOT com [mailto:hans DOT deragon AT visa DOT desjardins DOT com] Sent: 11 July 2001 02:58 To: Riaan AT radioretail DOT co DOT za Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Ref. : Postgresql on NT Greetings. Did you consider running Postgresql on a Linux machine and have your VB apps call Postgresql via the network (using something equivalent to ODBC, JDBC)? Not that I discourage using Cygwin, but you might avoid a lot of headaches this way since Cygwin is out of the picture at this point. Regarding your specific questions, I have no answer as myself I just started to use Cygwin. And another converted... Hurray! ;) Sincerely, Hans Deragon Riaan Labuschagne @sources.redhat.com le 07/11/2001 02:33:09 AM Envoye par : cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Pour : Cygwin Mailing list cc : Objet : Postgresql on NT good Morning everyone, I am busy installing Postgresql on NT and have a set of questions, (I am not at all Unix literate but have started learning with Red Hat and currently I am quite comfortable with setting up everything Postgresql etc. on the Linux machine.) Most of the software we have written are running on Microsoft dbs but, due to cost, we cannot afford it anymore. I have decided to move the db to Postgres but because of all our software written in VB it will take a while to convert to the Linux platform. (Which I am def. going to do) My questions are as follows: Question 1. I have read the Postgresql readme and have the bear minimum needed to install Cygwin and PG on a NT machine. I currently execute PG with a batch file that looks as follows. ***************************************************** @echo off C: chdir \cygwin\bin bash --verbose -c "./postmaster -S -i -F -n -D /var/lib/pgsql/data" bash --login -i ****************************************************** the problem now is that I do not know how to close the Cygwin Window once everything is running. Question 2. The second Q. I would like to confirm: To execute a command through the Windows "Start - Run" command I would type the following in the Run window -- "c:\cygwin\bin\bash --verbose -c "./postmaster -S -i -F -D /var/lib/pgsql/data"" to execute Pg for instance. Is this the correct way of doing things? P.S. The problem with this is that my Cygwin window is shelled and I again have the problem as in Q1. Question 3. Once I shutdown NT and the Cygwin window is still open an "End Task" window comes up. If I close the Cygwin window and do a Shutdown the shutdown proceeds normally. Postgresql however does not shutdown correctly. This is not a problem as I will close it before I do a shutdown. The question is -- can I enable Pg to adhere to NT's shutdown command? Question 4. The last Q. I would like to do a remote installation on a number of machines without any human intervention is this possible with the Cygwin/Pg installation, and if it is where can I find out how this is done? Thanks to all. 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