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2.1) Are there ODBC drivers for POSTGRESQL?

There are two ODBC drivers available, PsqlODBC and OpenLink ODBC.

PsqlODBC is included in the distribution. More information about it can be gotten from:

ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub/odbc/
OpenLink ODBC can be gotten from http://www.openlinksw.com. It works with their standard ODBC client software so you'll have POSTGRESQL ODBC available on every client platform they support (Win, Mac, Unix, VMS).

They will probably be selling this product to people who need commercial-quality support, but a freeware version will always be available. Questions to [email protected].

See also the ODBC chapter of the Programmer's Guide. 

2.2) What tools are available for hooking POSTGRESQL to Web pages?

A nice introduction to Database-backed Web pages can be seen at http://www.webtools.com.

There is also one at http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/hotlist/.

For Web integration, PHP is an excellent interface. It is at http://www.php.net 

For complex cases, many use the Perl interface and  CGI.pm. 

A WWW gateway based on WDB using Perl can be downloaded from
http://www.eol.ists.ca/dunlop/wdb-p95.

2.3) Does POSTGRESQL have a graphical user interface? A report generator? An embedded query language interface?

We have a nice graphical user interface called pgaccess , which is shipped as part of the distribution. Pgaccess also has a report generator. The Web page is http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess. 

We also include ecpg , which is an embedded SQL query language interface for C.

2.4) What languages are available to communicate with POSTGRESQL?

We have:


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Bruce Momjian
2005-04-21