Re: Getting information about sequences

Do you mean every version of OS X? I will not run on OS 9, afaik.
It can be compiled against any version of OS X, again as far as I know.

Gavin

On May 16, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Forums @ Existanze wrote:

> Here is the thing, the user doesn't have Postgres installed on his/her
> computer. So how am I going to distribute pg_dump, from my
> understandin you
> have to compile postgres on a Mac in order to get the pgdump
> executable. And
> is this for every version of Mac?
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martijn van Oosterhout [mailto:kleptog(at)svana(dot)org]
>> Sent: 16 May 2006 17:46
>> To: Forums @ Existanze
>> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences
>>
>> pg_dump runs on any platform postgres does.
>>
>> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 05:31:44PM +0300, Forums @ Existanze wrote:
>>> Does pg_dump run in Macintosh?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
>>>> Sent: 16 May 2006 17:22
>>>> To: Forums @ Existanze
>>>> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>>> Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences
>>>>
>>>> "Forums @ Existanze" <forums(at)existanze(dot)com> writes:
>>>>> We are creating a jdbc backup solution that does NOT
>> require the
>>>>> pgdump program.
>>>>
>>>> In heaven's name, WHY?
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any idea how much future pain you are setting
>> yourself
>>>> up for? pg_dump changes with every PG release to deal with new
>>>> features and changes in the system catalogs.
>>>> Read the CVS logs for pg_dump for the past few years, then ask
>>>> yourself if you really want to buy into a comparable amount of
>>>> ongoing maintenance effort.
>>>>
>>>> You'd be way better off just invoking pg_dump as a
>> subprocess. If
>>>> there are specific features you need that pg_dump doesn't
>> have (eg,
>>>> dumping just selected tables) consider helping to add them.
>>>>
>>>> regards, tom lane
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------(end of
>>> broadcast)---------------------------
>>> TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate
>>> subscribe-nomail command to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> so that your
>>> message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
>>
>> --
>> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
>> http://svana.org/kleptog/
>>> From each according to his ability. To each according to
>> his ability to litigate.
>>
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of
> broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives?
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org