Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC3C476F22 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:06:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E93476FB2 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:04:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA (DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA [130.15.224.150]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E1111E8D; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:04:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: client for solaris From: Neil Conway To: Aravind Vinnakota Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1039734289.357.40.camel@tokyo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 12 Dec 2002 18:04:49 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200212/679 X-Sequence-Number: 34594 [ I removed pgsql-sql from the CC list ] On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 16:41, Aravind Vinnakota wrote: > I am looking for a postgreSQL client for installing on a Solaris 8 > machine. The basic idea is to use the client and retrive the data from > a database running on another machine without actually connecting to the > database server. That makes no sense -- if you want to retrieve data from the database on another machine, you need to connect to it. > So, I want to know where I can get the client for > solaris? I am assuming postgreSQL will run on solaris? I can make a > package from the source. By client, I mean the client libraries. Yes, PostgreSQL runs on Solaris. I believe you can install just the command-line client (psql), by doing: $ ./configure ... $ make $ make -C src/bin/psql install Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC