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Copyright (c) 1994-7 Regents of the University of California
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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
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documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement
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is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this
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paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
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DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING
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LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS
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DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES,
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INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
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AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS
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ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO
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PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
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PGACCESS 0.93 10 December 1998
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I dedicate this program to my little daughters Ana-Maria and Emilia and to my
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wife for their understanding. I hope they will forgive me for spending so many
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time far from them.
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1.Why PgAccess ?
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First of all because PostgreSQL lacks a graphical interface where you
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can manage your tables, edit them, define queries, sequences and
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functions.
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I use Tcl/Tk because it's a powerful language, and it took me only
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four days of hard work to get it as you see it now.
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2.How to INSTALL ?
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You will need Tcl/Tk package, I am using now Tcl 7.6 and Tk 4.2.
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PgAccess is running fine also on Tcl/Tk 8.0
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Also, you will need the PostgreSQL to Tcl interface library, lined as a
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Tcl/Tk 'load'-able module. It is called libpgtcl and the source is
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located in the PostgreSQL directory /src/interfaces/libpgtcl.
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Specifically, you will need a libpgtcl library that is 'load'-able from
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Tcl/Tk. This is technically different from an ordinary PostgreSQL
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loadable object file, because libpgtcl is a collection of object files.
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Under Linux, this is called libpgtcl.so. You will find a pre-compiled
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copy of it for Linux i386 systems at : http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess.
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Just copy libpgtcl.so into your system library directory /usr/lib or
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/lib and go for it.
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Under Windows, copy libpgtcl.dll and libpq.dll into C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
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Make sure you have Tcl/Tk at least version 8.0.0 for Microsoft Windows 95 & NT.
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PgAccess has been checked with Tcl/Tk 8.0.4 version on Windows95 and Windows98
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platforms.
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Tcl/Tk 8.0.4 for Windows95 & NT can be downloaded from
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ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl/tcl8_0/tcl804.exe
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It is 1833712 bytes long.
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3.How to run it?
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You run it with the command:
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wish -f pgaccess.tcl [database]
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[database] is optional.
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Another way of loading the PostgreSQL library is running it with pgwish.
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It's a wish compiled with libpgtcl library so it could understand the
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commands for working with PostgreSQL. For this, remove the line "load
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libpgtcl.so" from the source. If your operating system has a different
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library name or location, change the 'load libpgtcl.so' line in the
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pgaccess.tcl file.
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4.What does it now ?
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- Opens any database on a specified host at the specified port, username and password
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- Perform vacuum command.
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- Saves preferences in ~/.pgaccessrc file
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Tables
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- opening multiple tables for viewing, max n records (configurable)
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- column resizing by dragging the vertical grid lines
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- text will wrap in cells now
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- dynamic row height when editing
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- table layout saved for every table
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- import/export to external files (SDF,CSV)
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- filter capabilities ,enter filter like price>3.14
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- sort order capabilities ,enter manually the sort field(s)
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- editing in place, double click the text you want to change
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- record deleting , point the record, press Del key
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- adding new records ,save new row with right-button-click on table for the moment
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- table generator assistant
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- table renaming and deleting (dropping)
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- table information retrieving : owner, field information, indexes
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Queries
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- define, edit and store "user defined queries"
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- save view layout
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- can store queries as views
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- execution of queries with optional user input parameters ( select * from invoices where year=[parameter "Year of selection"] )
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- viewing of select type queries result
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- running action queries (insert, update, delete)
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- visual query builder with drag & drop support, table aliasing
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Sequences
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- define
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- inspect
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- delete
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Views
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- defining them saving queries as views
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- view them , with filtering and sorting capabilities
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- delete them
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Functions
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- define , inspect , delete
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Reports
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- simple reports from a table (beta stage)
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- change font,size and style of fields and labels
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- load and save reports from the database
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- table previews, sample postscript print
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Forms
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- open user defined forms
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- form design module available
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- query widget allowing access to a record set
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Scripts
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- define, modify and call user defined scripts
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5.What it should do in the future ?
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- sequence and function renaming
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- more powerful report generator and viewer
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- help on line
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6. How you should report the errors?
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First of all : operating system, PostgreSQL version,Tcl/Tk version.
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A more detailed story of what have you done when error had occurred.
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Tcl/Tk stops usually with a error message and there is a button there
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"Stack Trace" and if you press it, you will see a detailed information
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about the place where it stuck. Please send it to me.
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Some information about table structure, no. of fields, records would
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be also good.
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You would find always the latest version at http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess
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Please feel free to e-mail me with any suggestion or bug description
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that will help to improve it.
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Constantin Teodorescu <teo@flex.ro>
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