Re: Regarding installation of FDW on Windows

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On 13-Jul-2012, at 2:23 PM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> I am sorry,I am not too sure about EDB.Cannot I cross compile even for
>> EnterpriseDB version?
>
> I doubt it. The EDB builds are compiled with VC++ 2008 (for 9.0/9.1).
> If you cross-compile with GCC, you'll be using a different version of
> the runtime library.
>
>> I am not too good with windows.I downloaded PostgreSQL 9.1 for windows
>> from PostgreSQL website.
>>
>> What should I be doing?
>
> You'll need to get a copy of VC++ 2008 (the express version is a free
> download), and create a VC++ project file to compile your FDW. I'd
> suggest you actually try building PostgreSQL first, as that will cause
> a number of project files to be generated which you could use as a
> reference.
>
>
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Hi Dave,

Thanks for the advice.i shall build PostgreSQL from sources in windows,then,try to get vc++ installed and configured"?

Atri