Posts tagged with ‘postgresql’

 

I was fairly impressed with pgAdmin III when I first used it. It seems to be simple to use for anyone who can’t write their own SQL statements. I wasn’t too good and it and each time I execute a change in the database I have a feeling the world’s going to end. But one thing the pgAdmin III doesn’t do well is backup and restore.

Using pgAdmin III for PostgreSQL

(Using pgAdmin III for PostgreSQL. A screenshot.)

0. Objective

In the end it’s best to use the command prompt (or terminal) and in this really beginner tutorial, we’ll do a backup and restore using the command line.

1. Set PATH for PostgreSQL in Windows Vista

This guide assumes you install in ‘C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\’, the default installation directory. (more…)

 

This guide aims to go through installation of PEAR modules using XAMPP. The module to install is MDB2.

I use XAMPP Lite instead of the full XAMPP but I imagine it to be the similar. My platform is Windows Vista.

0. Objective

To install PEAR module, MDB2, using a XAMPP set up. Also install the MySQL, MySQLi and PostgreSQL drivers.

1. Setting up environment variables

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Reddit decides to go open source. Reddit is already using open source software - Debian, lighttpd, HAProxy, PostgreSQL, Slony-I, various python libraries, Psychopg, pylons, Solr, Tomcat, Ganglia, Mercurial, Git, gettext (translation), daemontools, and memcached. The only thing that isn’t open source is Reddit itself so they decide to open source it.

(Souce: Reddit)

Oh so that’s what the penguin is about.

 

How to be mean to your users:

Mean software developers

Encourage them to generate a random password and get them to write it down. Oh and no way to copy the text easily. This is found in PostgreSql Windows installations. Seems like someone doesn’t like me very much.

 

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