Re: What's left?

[Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>]

Thomas Swan wrote:

> > More properly:
> > %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL
> >
> > And then, if they don't like that, let them put it wherever they darn
> > well please.
> >
> >  
> >
> > > For right now, I'd suggest a directory that doesn't have whitespace 
> > > and localization issues :-P
> > >   
> >
> >
> > It will have to be faced.  If it cannot handle spaces or funny
> > characters, it will simply fail.
> >  
> What about 8.3 short names for the win32 environment? 
> "C:\Progra~1\Postgres" Should be able to work correctly.  Isn't there 
> a win32 command to get the short path if you need it?


Please not... 8.3 is really ancient.
PostgreSQL-win32 should be as native as possible, including all 
naming/path/registry conventions. The more familiar pgsql looks to 
hardcore windowers, the better will be the acceptance for a newbie.

Regards,
Andreas