From: | "Richard Broersma" <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Gary <sql(at)4myad(dot)tv> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Step 1 with Visual Basic |
Date: | 2008-06-17 21:38:15 |
Message-ID: | 396486430806171438r7fe37c71x83c23371cb744b1e@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Gary <sql(at)4myad(dot)tv> wrote:
> 1. I'm clicking on Reply. Is this only going to you and if so should I be
> doing something different?
Ya. Reply-All is for the benifit of the whole PostgreSQL Community.
This way others listening in can benifit from the discussion and
people more experienced or smarter that I can chime in to correct my
mis-information :o) . Also the answer is posted to the PostgreSQL
Archieves. This way the answers are stored for others to research
later.
> 2. I know the username and password of the database, nothing else. When I
> first installed the application, I have a vague memory of doing something
> and getting "dos looking" window with a prompt. I believe I had to enter /q
> to exit. I don't remember what I did to get that far.
these should fill in the missing details
http://www.connectionstrings.com/?carrier=postgresql about connection strings
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms807027.aspx about connection.open
http://support.sas.com/documentation/tools/oledb/rr_sqliomshare.htm
> 3. I understand about 50% of your example. I need to back up to the
> beginning. Where do I look for "SQL for Dummies?"
Well, I think there are too many SQL dummies out there, so I would
recommend this book instead ;) :
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/706077/description#description
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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
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