Re: psql for winxp?

Hi John,

Is it possible to have the installer only emplace psql and the necessary
support libs?

Jerry

On Jun 19, 2006, at 8:36 PM, John DeSoi wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
>
> You can use psql directly and communicate with it using a pipe
> stream. On Windows I believe this is equivalent to calling
> CreateProcess and CreatePipe which results in a bidirectional
> stream. This is how pgEdit makes use of psql for the editor.
>
> I'm not familiar with Tcl or Python, but hopefully they have
> facilities to do this.
>
> BTW, the psql binary is part of the Windows PostgreSQL installer.
>
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Jerry LeVan wrote:
>
>> I would like to install a "psql" command line program on
>> my winxp box. ( something that acts like psql on a unix box.)
>>
>> I hope to embed such a program in my Tcl/Tk and Python
>> PostgreSQL browsers so I can more offer more functionality
>> in the browsers...
>>
>> My development environment on XP is restricted to
>> scripting languages ( tcl and python ).
>>
>> Any candidates/suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
> John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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