From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200509031702.j83H2Vd29100@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: FAQ/Documentation about Postgresql on Windows XP
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To: cooneyb@socket.net
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 13:02:31 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
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cooneyb@socket.net wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I have been looking for a tutorial on setting up Postgresql on a Windows 
> XP machine.  I'm currently doing development on my home machine.  
> Eventually we'll have Postgresql on a Windows server, but we want to try 
> out and test code on a local machine before going live. 
> 
> I've found some tutorials about using Postgresql in the Cygwin emulation, 
> but we want to run Postgresql natively.  I need to use some of the forms 
> and reporting functions in the EMS PostgreSQL manager. 
> 
> Can anyone point me to some tutorials or documentation that can help me 
> figure out how to set up and use Postgresql on a local, stand alone, 
> Windows XP machine? 

Look at doc/FAQ_MINGW and you can look at the pginstaller FAQ too.

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