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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:23:45 -0500
From: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
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To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>
Cc: beyaRecords - The home Urban music <uzo@beya-records.com>,
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Subject: Re: postgreSQL editors
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Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> 
> On Dec 30, 2003, at 10:05 AM, beyaRecords - The home Urban music wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> can anyone recommend a good editor for postgreSQl wich wil enable me 
>> to create functions/stored procedures?
>> I am currently running version 7.4.1 on OS X 10.3
> 
> 
> If you're looking for an editor to write arbitrary SQL and support color 
> syntax highlighting, you probably can't go wrong with BBEdit. You can 
> get the ANSI SQL glossary for highlighting, and although it won't pick 
> up PostgreSQL-specific extensions to SQL, it will highlight the majority 
> of the syntax. Also has great grep (including savable search patterns), 
> Applescript, FTP, CVS, and shell script support, if those things 
> interest you. I write most of my SQL in it before feeding the file to 
> psql or just copying and pasting the commands into phppgadmin or psql 
> directly.
> 
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm myrealbox com
> 

I would vote for emacs/vim if you only want simple stuff such as color 
syntax highlighting. :) And with some emacs extension, you probably can do 
much cooler stuff with it too.

Wei