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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 13:09:18 -0500
From: "Aaron Bono" <postgresql@aranya.com>
To: "jesus martinez" <jesus_martinez1967@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: Re: running PostGres without installing it
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On 8/5/06, jesus martinez <jesus_martinez1967@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>
>
> i want to distribute a copy of PostGres to my clients.
> they really dont know anything about installing
> programs or
> configurating remote RDBMS sql-servers,
> so i dont want to give them the
> "official-PostGres-installer.exe"
> but my own installer.exe (win32)



I would love to know this too.  Is there a way to just copy the PostgreSQL
files to the hard drive without the installer, load up the database and
start and stop it as an application rather than a service?  A silent
installer may solve the problem but what if you have 2 applications that
both have installers and want to install PostgreSQL?  The silent installer
would need to be able to detect that it is already installed (which I think
it already does) and then skip the PostgreSQL install without bugging the
user (not sure it would do that).

For years I have struggled with desktop applications and data
access/storage.  Databases are very powerful tools but, other than MS
Access, I have not seen any that are easily distributable bundled with a
desktop application.  Not having a personal database to bundle with my
applications has proven to be a "one hand tied behind my back" situation.

Any ideas you guys have would be deeply appreciated.

==================================================================
   Aaron Bono
   Aranya Software Technologies, Inc.
   http://www.aranya.com
   http://codeelixir.com
==================================================================

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On 8/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">jesus martinez</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jesus_martinez1967@yahoo.com.ar">jesus_martinez1967@yahoo.com.ar</a>&gt; wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>i want to distribute a copy of PostGres to my clients.<br>they really dont know anything about installing<br>programs or<br>configurating remote RDBMS sql-servers,<br>so i dont want to give them the<br>&quot;official-PostGres-installer.exe
&quot;<br>but my own installer.exe (win32) </blockquote><div><br>&nbsp;</div>I would love to know this too.&nbsp; Is there a way to just copy the PostgreSQL files to the hard drive without the installer, load up the database and start and stop it as an application rather than a service?&nbsp; A silent installer may solve the problem but what if you have 2 applications that both have installers and want to install PostgreSQL?&nbsp; The silent installer would need to be able to detect that it is already installed (which I think it already does) and then skip the PostgreSQL install without bugging the user (not sure it would do that).
<br><br>For years I have struggled with desktop applications and data access/storage.&nbsp; Databases are very powerful tools but, other than MS Access, I have not seen any that are easily distributable bundled with a desktop application.&nbsp; Not having a personal database to bundle with my applications has proven to be a &quot;one hand tied behind my back&quot; situation.
<br><br>Any ideas you guys have would be deeply appreciated.<br></div><br>==================================================================<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aaron Bono<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aranya Software Technologies, Inc.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.aranya.com">
http://www.aranya.com</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://codeelixir.com">http://codeelixir.com</a><br>==================================================================

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