PostgreSQL 7.3.2

redhatrosh · 05-31-2005, 12:10 PM

I have installed PostgreSQL and in my college, I have actually been working on M$ SQL ...so I really donno how to go about starting SQL on PostgreSQL...

Please guide with simpler and easier steps than manual...

Something..where I can write SQL statements and start executing them and find result....

Is there some IDE as in M$ SQL??

Tinkster · 05-31-2005, 03:10 PM

Sorry, if you can't follow the very good and concise
readme and html documentation postgresql isn't for
you. I appreciate that many OSS projects have poor
or even misleading documentation, but it's definitly
not the case with postgresql.

PostgreSQL doesn't come with a GUI frontend, you
can, however, download and install things like
PgAccess or PgAdmin.

Cheers,
Tink

redhatrosh · 05-31-2005, 09:18 PM

Well, it isnt that, the manual or the html documents are not easy to understand...I haven't made an attempt to read them....

I just wanted some quick tips for beginning sql....like....

say..

1) Go to terminal
2) write xyz command...
3) do this..
4) do that...

So that I can start faster....

I hope you have understood my point....

Tinkster · 05-31-2005, 09:19 PM

/me coughs ...

I understand what you're saying, but severly dislike the
approach. Good luck, anyway.

Cheers,
Tink

redhatrosh · 05-31-2005, 09:26 PM

OK....fine...I think I should read the manual...and go on....

Well, thankyou....

redhatrosh · 06-01-2005, 07:51 PM

I went thru the manual...but they assume that I wud have an admin who wud start the server and ask me to connect to the server...however, I am a student and single user so...I haven't started the server....Cud u atleast help me in starting a server...

Tinkster · 06-01-2005, 08:15 PM

Well .. I have no clue how it's being set-up in deadrat,
chances are it's pre-configured via rpm, and up and
running as a service.

Check
ps -A aux | grep post

Cheers,
Tink