[postgis-users] no .bat in windows zip installers

[Rémi Cura]

No problem,
in fact I build my postgis on my ubuntu so I'm not familiar with windows
folder tree, but a colleague needed it on windows so ...
Cheers,
Rémi-C

2014-11-13 10:36 GMT+01:00 Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us>:

>  Remi,
> New workflow would be:
>
> 1) Copy the contents of the zip file to your PostgreSQL install -- the
> folders are laid out the same as standard PostgreSQL EDB so should just be
> copy over and overwrite if file is present.
> 2) Then use pgAdmin or psql to create a new database
> 3) Then use pgAdmin or psql to do (you can also use the Extension gui part
> in pgAdmin which shows all the extensions available that you can pick)
>
> CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
> CREATE EXTENSION pgrouting;
> CREATE EXTENSION address_standardizer;
> CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
>
> (Create extension options packaged with windows are described at bottom of
> this page on right)
> http://postgis.net/windows_downloads
>
> Note: 2.2 development versions also include postgis_sfcgal extension.
>
> etc.
>
> in this new database.
>
> I thought I had removed the batch scripts from the zip packages, but I
> guess I only did it for the bundle one which I upload to osgeo and use to
> build the exes and the 2.2 binaries.
>
> The regular ones on winnie -- have the readme and the (2.1s have batch
> scripts though I stopped including batch script for 2.2).  Anyway I'll make
> sure ot include the readme in the next bundle zip.  I still need to finish
> off making the 2.1.4s but was going to wait till 9.4 comes out to finish
> the rest.
>
> and thanks for pointing out the confusion.  It's easy to forget that
> things are unclear users when you have the steps memorized.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
> http://www.postgis.us
>
>
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> *From:* postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Rémi Cura
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:03 AM
> *To:* PostGIS Users Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [postgis-users] no .bat in windows zip installers
>
>     Hello Regina,
> thanks for the answer.
>
> I'm not a big fan of bat files,
> but I do have to use the zip version and not the .exe.
> So maybe a small update of the README.txt to indicate
> how to get postgis working without the bat files.
>
> What we did is get the .bat from 2.1.1 and past it in the 2.1.2, then run
> it.
> Then we could use the CREATE EXTENSION on a fresh database.
>
> What would be the new workflow?
>
> Cheers,
> Rémi
>
> 2014-11-12 21:04 GMT+01:00 Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us>:
>
>>  Remi,
>> That was intentional.  The main reason is that with windows systems being
>> security paranoid, the copy would often fail and it would be hard to see
>> looking at a batch script console.
>>
>> Also now that we have CREATE EXTENSION it was no longer an issue trying
>> to find the scripts to run, which was the main reason for the batch script.
>>
>> Did you find it useful?  If so I can put them back.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regina
>> http://www.postgis.us
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
>> postgis-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Rémi Cura
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:41 AM
>> *To:* PostGIS Users Discussion
>> *Subject:* [postgis-users] no .bat in windows zip installers
>>
>>      Hey everybody.
>> The 2 bat files
>> makepostgisdb_using_extensions.bat
>> and
>> makepostgisdb.bat
>>
>> seems to have vanished from the zip release file for version newer than
>> 2.1.1 (postgis-bundle-pg93x64-2.1.1)
>>
>> I'm I missing something?
>> thanks,
>> cheers,
>> Rémi-C
>>
>>
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