Re: Windows port installer

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

> -----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
> 
> 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.