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Getting Started on Windows with Postgres Plus

Getting Started with Postgres Plus(R)

on Windows(R)

A Postgres Evaluation Quick TutorialFrom EnterpriseDB

November 6, 2009

EnterpriseDB Corporation, 235 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01866, USAT +1 978 589 5700 F +1 978 589 5701 E [email protected] www.enterprisedb.com

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Introduction

This tutorial covers the basics of starting and stopping the database server, checking theserver's status, using the pgAdmin GUI administrator's / devloper's tool, and accessingthe SQL command line console.

This EnterpriseDB Quick Tutorial helps you get started with the Postgres Plus Standard

ServerorPostgres Plus Advanced Serverdatabase products in a Microsoft Windows

environment. It is assumed that you have already downloaded and installed Postgres PlusStandard Server or Postgres Plus Advanced Server on your desktop or laptop computer.

This Quick Tutorial is designed to help you expedite your Technical Evaluation of

Postgres Plus Standard Server or Postgres Plus Advanced Server. For more informational

assets on conducting your evaluation of Postgres Plus, visit the self-service web site,Postgres Plus Open Source Adoption.

In this Quick Tutorial you will learn how to do the following:

Start up the Postgres Plus database

Determine whether or not the Postgres Plus database server is running

Start up the pgAdmin III database administration console

Start up the SQL command line terminal

Shut down the Postgres Plus database

Feature DescriptionThese steps will familiarize you with the basic start up and shut down operations ofPostgres Plus so you can get the database server running with minimal difficulty. You

will then be able to begin building a database and an application for a Technical

Evaluation.

The simplest method to start and stop the Postgres Plus database server is by using theStart Server and Stop Server menu options on the Postgres Plus menu that is created

when you installed Postgres Plus on your Windows desktop or laptop computer.

Similarly, the tools to build a database application can be started from the Postgres Plusmenu.

Note: If you are using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, the names of certain menu options

and programs may differ slightly than from what is described herein for Postgres Plus

Standard Server. However, the described functionality works the same in both PostgresPlus products.

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Starting the Database Server

The following steps describe how to start the Postgres Plus database server.

Step 1: Log onto your computer using a computer administrator account. (The

administrator privilege is required to start the database server.)

Step 2: On the Windows taskbar located at the bottom of the screen, click the Startbutton. Choose All Programs and then choose Postgres Plus Standard Server or Postgres

Plus Advanced Server, whichever is installed on your computer. On the Postgres Plus

submenu, select Start Server so it is highlighted.

The following screen capture shows the Start Server option on the Postgres Plus StandardServer submenu in Windows XP.



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If you are using Windows Vista with User Account Control, do not click on Start

Server, yet (go to Step 3). Otherwise, click Start Server to open the Start Server window

and go to Step 4.

Step 3: (For Windows Vista with User Account Control only): Click the right mouse

button on Start Server. On the Start Server submenu, click the left mouse button on Runas Administrator, and then click Continue in the User Account Control pop-up window.

The Start Server window appears. Go on to Step 4.

Step 4: In the Start Server window, you should see the following message if the databaseserver started successfully.



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Step 5: Press the Enter key in response to the message, Press to

continue.

Determining the Database Server Status

To determine if the database server is running, run the pg_ctl utility program from the

Command Prompt window.

Step 1: Log onto your computer using a computer administrator account.

Note: If you do not use a computer administrator account, the pg_ctl program always

returns the status message, pg_ctl: no server running, regardless of whether or

not the database server is actually running.

Step 2: On the Windows taskbar located at the bottom of the screen, click the Start

button. Choose All Programs and then choose Accessories. On the Accessories submenu,select Command Prompt so it is highlighted.

The following screen capture shows the Command Prompt option on the Accessories

submenu in Windows XP.



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If you are using Windows Vista with User Account Control, do not click on

Command Prompt, yet (go to Step 3). Otherwise, click Command Prompt to open the

Command Prompt window and go to Step 4.


button on Command Prompt. On the Command Prompt submenu, click the left mouse

button on Run as Administrator, and then click Continue in the User Account Control

pop-up window. The Command Prompt window appears. Go on to Step 4.



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Step 4: At the Command Prompt, use the cd command to make your Postgres Plus bin

directory your current working directory.

Note: If you are using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, use the cd command to make

dbserver\bin your current working directory.



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Step 5: Run the pg_ctl program with the status option and the location of your

Postgres Plus data directory.

Note: Double quotes are required around the data directory as the path name contains

embedded spaces.



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The status message displayed by the pg_ctl program indicates that the database server

is running.

Starting the pgAdmin III Database Administration Console

The following steps describe how to start the pgAdmin III database administrationconsole.

Step 1: Log onto your computer using either a standard account or a computer

administrator account.


Plus Advanced Server, whichever is installed on your computer.

The following screen capture shows the pgAdmin III option on the Postgres Plus

Standard Server submenu in Windows XP.



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Note: If you are using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, the pgAdmin III menu option is

called Postgres Studio.

Step 3: Click pgAdmin III on the Postgres Plus submenu. The pgAdmin III programopens.



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Note: See Postgres Studio (pgadmin) on the Postgres Plus documentation web pageforinstructions on using pgAdmin III.

Starting the SQL Command Line Terminal

The following steps describe how to start the SQL command line terminal.

If you are using Postgres Plus Standard Server, this program is called psql. If you are

using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, this program is called edb-psql.

Step 1: Log onto your computer using either a standard account or a computer

administrator account.

Step 2: On the Windows taskbar located at the bottom of the screen, click the Start

button. Choose All Programs and then choose Postgres Plus Standard Server or PostgresPlus Advanced Server, whichever is installed on your computer.

The following screen capture shows the SQL command line terminal option, called SQL

Shell (psql), on the Postgres Plus Standard Server submenu in Windows XP.

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Note: If you are using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, the submenu option is called Run

SQL Command Line. Click Run SQL Command Line to open another submenu with thechoices EDB Plus and EDB-PSQL. Select EDB-PSQL.

Step 3: Click SQL Shell (psql) or EDB-PSQL. The SQL command line terminal opens.



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Step 4: Enter the information for the successive prompts or accept the defaults as

appropriate.

Note: Seepsql in Chapter PostgreSQL Client Applications under VI. Reference of

the PostgreSQL Core Documentation found on the Postgres Plus documentation web

page for instructions on using the SQL command line terminal.

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Stopping the Database Server

The following steps describe how to stop the Postgres Plus database server.

Step 1: Log onto your computer using a computer administrator account. (The

administrator privilege is required to stop the database server.)


Plus Advanced Server, whichever is installed on your computer. On the Postgres Plus

submenu, select Stop Server so it is highlighted.

The following screen capture shows the Stop Server option on the Postgres Plus StandardServer submenu in Windows XP.



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If you are using Windows Vista with User Account Control, do not click on Stop

Server, yet (go to Step 3). Otherwise, click Stop Server to open the Stop Server window

and go to Step 4.


button on Stop Server. On the Stop Server submenu, click the left mouse button on Runas Administrator, and then click Continue in the User Account Control pop-up window.

The Stop Server window appears. Go on to Step 4.

Step 4: In the Stop Server window, you should see the following message if the databaseserver stopped successfully.



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Note: If you are using Postgres Plus Advanced Server, you are asked to confirm theshutdown operation by entering Y. EnterY and press the Enter key.

Step 5: Press the Enter key in response to the message, Press to

continue.

ConclusionIn this Quick Tutorial you learned how to perform the basic operations of starting,

stopping, and obtaining the status of the Postgres Plus database on a Windows system.You have also learned how to start up the basic administration and development tools for

creating a database application.

You should now be able to proceed with a Technical Evaluation of Postgres Plus.

The following resources should help you move on with this step:

Postgres Plus Technical Evaluation G uide

Postgres Plus Getting Started resources

Postgres Plus Tutorials

Postgres Plus User Forums

Postgres Plus Documentation

Postgres Plus Webinars

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