Re: FW: Can't find postgres.h or fmgr.h

On 4/21/05, Mark Miller <mark(at)maxpreps(dot)com> wrote:
> I found a thread here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers-win32/2005-03/msg00149.php
> which indicates that the headers aren't even installed in the windows build.
> How can I install the headers so I can use them. I'm not finding anything in
> the docs.

That thread actually contains most (all?) of the information you need
to get things installed. You'll need to do a source distribution and
then build the backend libraries using mingw (read through the
thread).

> By the way, I am on WinXP using Microsoft Visual C++. We are a microsoft
> shop and I am researching migrating from Sql Server to postgresSql, but I
> need to add some functionality to support features we need in order for the
> migration to work.

I didn't spend a lot of time on it, but I wasn't able to get backend
functionality (functions running in the server) to work using MSVC++,
I had to use g++ under mingw to do these builds.

-greg