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From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Chris Smith" <cdsmith(at)twu(dot)net>, <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | <pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Windows port installer |
Date: | 2004-07-13 14:39:49 |
Message-ID: | E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E40C399C@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Smith [mailto:cdsmith(at)twu(dot)net]
> Sent: 13 July 2004 15:38
> To: Dave Page; pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Cc: pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [JDBC] Windows port installer
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> There's not really a location to install JDBC drivers onto an
> operating system. They are not native libraries, and are
> typically packaged with applications. The closest thing you
> could do to an installation would be to locate JVM install
> directories via "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/JavaSoft/Java
> Runtime Environment/*/JavaHome", and drop the JAR file into
> lib/ext relative to that directory; but frankly I'd probably
> resent your doing so and certainly wouldn't find it very useful.
Hmm, probably not the best option as you suggest. I wasn't sure if there
was something like .NET's Global Assembly Cache into which such files
should be installed.
> If you need to give lip service to including JDBC drivers for
> political reasons, then the best approach is probably to just
> leave the JDBC driver JAR file somewhere, and provide
> documentation on how to find it.
That's certainly easy enough - by default it would probably end up in
C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\JDBC\. Are there any html docs etc. that
should/could be included?
Thanks, Dave.
From: | Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | Chris Smith <cdsmith(at)twu(dot)net>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org, pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Windows port installer |
Date: | 2004-07-13 16:55:56 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSO.4.56.0407131151010.27820@leary.csoft.net |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Dave Page wrote:
> That's certainly easy enough - by default it would probably end up in
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\7.5\JDBC\. Are there any html docs etc. that
> should/could be included?
>
There are docs, but not in a packaged form at the moment. This URL has
about a month old version: http://www.ejurka.com/pgsql/docs/cvs/ For
release we will have something easily downloadable, probably a .tar.gz.
Do you want/need something now to get the process down?
Kris Jurka
From: | "Chris Smith" <cdsmith(at)twu(dot)net> |
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To: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | <pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Windows port installer |
Date: | 2004-07-13 17:33:36 |
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Dave Page wrote:
> Hmm, probably not the best option as you suggest. I wasn't sure if
> there was something like .NET's Global Assembly Cache into which such
> files should be installed.
I'm no .NET expert, but I think the JRE extensions directory is a lot like the
GAC. It's just not used in the same ways because it's more difficult to find
it from installation kits, and because of historical issues.
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From: | Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> |
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To: | Chris Smith <cdsmith(at)twu(dot)net> |
Cc: | Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Windows port installer |
Date: | 2004-07-13 19:17:38 |
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My suggestion would be to put it wherever you are putting the postgresql
libraries, then tell the user how to set the CLASSPATH.
Dave
On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 13:33, Chris Smith wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> > Hmm, probably not the best option as you suggest. I wasn't sure if
> > there was something like .NET's Global Assembly Cache into which such
> > files should be installed.
>
> I'm no .NET expert, but I think the JRE extensions directory is a lot like the
> GAC. It's just not used in the same ways because it's more difficult to find
> it from installation kits, and because of historical issues.
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