Ron Johnson wrote:
Hmmm. Is Paradox that bad?
Yes. I'm also a Delphi developer, who has already converted a paradox
program (was just before pg on windows.. bummer)
Paradox is a file share'd database (like dbase), and when the program
crashes, it'll hose up your pdox tables too. Esp
Craig,
just reporting my own experience; distributing PostgreSQL on Windows
into around 15 companies on Servers AND Laptop-Clients with various
restrictive in-House-Rules:
- the windows installer is robust and scriptable
- the installer uses standard .msi technology, so it can be integrated
into
Craig Hawkes, 24.10.2007 22:04:
If I could reword:
Given that we have a large estiblished client base running a
Delphi/Paradox solution, and that we would like to replace Paradox with
a much better SQL engine, I was looking for comments as to how Postgres
maybe suitable.
Not sure if I'll
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On 10/24/07 15:04, Craig Hawkes wrote:
> Hi
>
> OK, Sorry but I did search, and did not find anything useful.
>
> Maybe putting forward a embedded solution as part of the question was the
> wrong option.
>
> If I could reword:
>
> Given that we hav
On 10/25/07, Craig Hawkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There will really be two targets, replacing the existing single user
> solutions, and providing a larger solution with multi-user etc. There is
> however large base of similar code between these solutions, and it would be
> perferable if they
Hi
OK, Sorry but I did search, and did not find anything useful.
Maybe putting forward a embedded solution as part of the question was the
wrong option.
If I could reword:
Given that we have a large estiblished client base running a Delphi/Paradox
solution, and that we would like to replace Par
Craig Hawkes, 24.10.2007 05:14:
- running as a service
What happens in the unlikely event that they already have a version of
Postgres installed?
As far as I know you can happily install different versions in parallel.
You just need to make sure the service name is unique (e.g. by using
On 10/23/07, Craig Hawkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone I have a question re using postgres as a "embedded" database on
> Windows.
This question gets asked about once every three months. Searching the
archives should turn up some previous discussions on the subject.
> First a little b
