Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:02:03 -0400 From: Jason Tishler To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=EDctor?= Rafael Rivarola Soerensen Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: postgresql and cygwin Message-ID: <20010912110203.F1312@dothill.com> Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=EDctor?= Rafael Rivarola Soerensen , cygwin@cygwin.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <000402297fb8$a8bd96e0$0105a8c0@gw> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i MrVic, On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:32:08AM, Víctor Rafael Rivarola Soerensen wrote: > I need to run a database on a windows machine, and I have some question > about this. FYI, the pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org mailing list is probably a more appropriate list than this one for these types of questions. > First, is postgresql available on Win95/98 machines? (I mean for the > server, not the client.) Yes, PostgreSQL (i.e., all of it) runs wherever Cygwin runs. > Second, if a NT machine is required, which > distribution would you recommend? NT4 or Win2k. What are the > advantajes/disadvantajes of each solution? I would only recommend NT 4.0 or 2000 for production use. Although, I have never run PostgreSQL under 9x/Me seriously (and I no longer have one of these machines available), others have reported "issues" on these platforms. Please search the pgsql-cygwin archives for the details, if interested. Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/