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From: Magnus Hagander on 29 Dec 2009 06:42
2009/12/28 Josh Rovero <rovero(a)sonalysts.com>:
> Has anyone built postgresql (or just libpq.a) on Windows SFU/SUA?
> Would prefer to not reinvent any wheels....

Not that I know of.


> We have a number of Unix/Linux applications that are also compiled
> under Microsoft Windows SFU 3.5.  We need to have a SFU-compatible
> libpq.a, not a complete install.  The regular Unix/Linux or
> Win32 postgresql database runs fine, these apps just need to connect.

Can't you use the native win32 libpq.dll? IIRC I read somewhere that
it's possible, at least in fairly recent versions, to call regular
Win32 DLLs from an interix process. (But I can't recall where I read
that...)

If that can be done, it's most likely the by far easiest way...


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From: Josh Rovero on 29 Dec 2009 07:56
On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 12:42 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 2009/12/28 Josh Rovero <rovero(a)sonalysts.com>:
> > Has anyone built postgresql (or just libpq.a) on Windows SFU/SUA?
> > Would prefer to not reinvent any wheels....
>
> Not that I know of.
>
> Can't you use the native win32 libpq.dll? IIRC I read somewhere that
> it's possible, at least in fairly recent versions, to call regular
> Win32 DLLs from an interix process. (But I can't recall where I read
> that...)

The older XP SFU 3.5 applications can't call Win32 dlls directly,
since the SFU and Win32 are segregated personalities atop
the kernel. The newer SUA (for Vista, Windows 7, etc.) allegedly
allows calls to regular Windows APIs. Our current customer
that uses Windows clients doesn't want to switch from XP to
newer Microsoft OSes just yet..

Thanks,

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