Re: Function description

Bart Degryse wrote:
>>>>> Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> 2008-02-15 11:50 >>>
>>>> To see how e.g. \dC etc work start psql with -E
>>>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I don't have commandline access to the database. That would
>>> require an amount of trust and a level of competence our ICT department is incapable of.
>> Well, if you have access to prt 5432 (or whatever you are using) on the
>> DB host you can run psql locally: psql -h <db-hostname>
>
> All I have is my desktop Windows pc. I work on the database using EMS SQL Manager for PostgreSQL.
> There I can run whatever statement I want, but it's not psql.
> What do you exactly mean with "run psql locally"? Should I be able to run some psql.exe
> from my windows cmd environment. Or should I start something else first?

Well, the windows installer comes with the backend database server,
psql.exe, pgadmin, manuals etc. - I don't know if you can just install
psql. From psql you can access local or remote databases. Same for the
pg_dump/restore command-line tools. Unless EMS is accessing the server
via ODBC or similar it should just work.

>> As a last resort you can always see how they work on a local copy, then
>> cut + paste the SQL.
> Here too, I don't know what you mean exactly with "a local copy".

Install PostgreSQL locally, copy the schema from your main server and
add some test data.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd