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To: Anne POSSOZ <possoz@slsun2.epfl.ch>
Cc: postgres@postgres.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: postgres and Tcl/Tk
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 94 10:19:48 -0700
Message-ID: <9409021719.AA02948@triplerock.CS.Berkeley.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9409021354.AA25082@slsun2.epfl.ch>
Anne POSSOZ <possoz@slsun2.epfl.ch> writes:
> After having installed successfully postgres on my Sun Sparc
> running Solaris 2.3, I am trying to figure out the best
> way to use Tcl/Tk as a front-end to Postgres.
get the pgbrowse package from crseo.ucsb.edu, it includes
a Tcl/TK binding for postgres. the README is at the bottom
of this message.
> Is tclsql what I need?
no; postgres doesn't use SQL and definitely doesn't come from
CA-Ingres.
PGBROWSE
--------
PGBrowse is a Postgres Browser built with Tcl/Tk.
Installation
------------
PGBrowse runs under an extended version of the Tk interpreter called
"wishpqx". Wishpqx includes all of the functionality of the normal
Tcl/Tk wish along with Extended Tcl (TclX) and libpq. The core of
pgbrowse includes all of the run-time support you need to run wishpqx -
you do not need to install Tcl/Tk to use pgbrowse unless you plan to
re-compile wishpqx. The core of pgbrowse, source and pre-compiled
version of wishpqx are available in the pub/pgbrowse anonymous ftp
directory of crseo.ucsb.edu:
Filename Description
-------- -----------
pgbrowse-v3.1b.tar.Z core Tcl scripts and wishpqx source(*)
pgbrowse-v3.1b.mips.tar.Z pre-compiled wishpqx for Dec MIPS Ultrix
pgbrowse-v3.1b.alpha.tar.Z pre-compiled wishpqx for Dec Alpha OSF
pgbrowse-v3.1b.risc.tar.Z pre-compiled wishpqx for IBM RS6000
pgbrowse-v3.1b.sun4.tar.Z pre-compiled wishpqx for Sun Sparcstation
pgbrowse-v3.1b.patch a patch for the "copy" dialog in pgbrowse
pgbrowse-v3.1b.patch2 a patch for the Query Class dialog
pgbrowse-v3.1b.libpqcmds-patch
a patch for libpqcmds which you need only
if you plan to recompile wishpqx
* If you want to re-compiled wishpqx, you'll need to install
Tcl, Tk, Extended Tcl and Postgres with libpq
Installation:
------------
1. Get pgbrowse-v3.1b.tar.Z and any needed pre-compiled wishpqx files.
2. Decide on a new directory for installation, call it $PGB.
3. Extract the core:
% mkdir $PGB
% cd $PGB
% zcat pgbrowse-v3.1b.tar.Z | tar xvf -
4. Extract the wishpqx binaries you need:
% cd $PGB
% zcat pgbrowse-v3.1b.mips.tar.Z | tar xvf -
% zcat pgbrowse-v3.1b.alpha.tar.Z | tar xvf -
...
or, if you need to compile wishpqx, do the right thing to
$PGB/src/Makefile and edit the $PGB/bin/pgbrowse script. You'll
need tcl, tk, tclx, and postgres already installed and will want
to install the libpqcmds patch before compiling with:
% cd $PGB/src
% patch < pgbrowse-v3.1b.libpqcmds-patch
5. You may want to do something sensible with $PGB/man/man1/pgbrowse.1
and perhaps link $PGB/bin/pgbrowse to someplace nice.
6. Apply the pgbrowse-v3.1b.patch patch:
% cd $PGB
% patch < pgbrowse-v3.1b.patch patch
7. You're done!
Running:
-------
Be sure to define the envrionment variable PGBROWSE to point to the
installation directory (called $PGB above) before starting pgbrowse,
for example:
% setenv PGBROWSE /usr/local/pkg/pgbrowse (csh)
% PGBROWSE=/usr/local/pkg/pgbrowse; export PGBROWSE (sh)
% $PGROWSE/bin/pgbrowse
Ideas? Comments? Bugs?
------------------------
Contact:
Jim Davidson | jimbo@crseo.ucsb.edu
CSL / Center for Remote Sensing | jimbo@sbitp.bitnet
University of California | Phone (805)893-8475
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 | Fax -2578
last modified: Tue Jul 5 17:39:15 PDT 1994
--
Paul M. Aoki | University of California at Berkeley
aoki@CS.Berkeley.EDU | Dept. of EECS, Computer Science Division (#1776)
| Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
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