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Enable building with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

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Backpatch to release 9.2

Brar Piening and Noah Misch, reviewed by Craig Ringer.
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Andrew Dunstan
2013-02-06 14:56:17 -05:00
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doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
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<para>
There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
<productname>Windows</productname>. The simplest way to build with
Microsoft tools is to install a supported version of the
<productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> and use the included
Microsoft tools is to install <productname>Visual Studio Express 2012
for Windows Desktop</productname> and use the included
compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
<productname>Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 or 2010</productname>. In some cases
that requires the installation of the <productname>Windows SDK</productname>
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<productname>Visual Studio Express</productname> or some versions of the
<productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname>. If you do not already have a
<productname>Visual Studio</productname> environment set up, the easiest
way is to use the compilers in the <productname>Windows SDK</productname>,
which is a free download from Microsoft.
ways are to use the compilers in the <productname>Windows SDK 7.1</productname>
or those from <productname>Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows
Desktop</productname>, which are both free downloads from Microsoft.
</para>
<para>
PostgreSQL is known to support compilation using the compilers shipped with
<productname>Visual Studio 2005</productname> to
<productname>Visual Studio 2010</productname> (including Express editions),
<productname>Visual Studio 2012</productname> (including Express editions),
as well as standalone Windows SDK releases 6.0 to 7.1.
64-bit PostgreSQL builds are only supported with
<productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> version 6.0a and above or
<productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> version 6.0a to 7.1 or
<productname>Visual Studio 2008</productname> and above.
</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term><productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname></term>
<listitem><para>
It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest supported version
of the <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> (currently
If your build environment doesn't ship with a supported version of the
<productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> it
is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version (currently
version 7.1), available for download from
<ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/"></>.
</para>
<para>
You must always include the
<application>Windows Headers and Libraries</application> part of the SDK.
If you install the <productname>Windows SDK</productname>
If you install a <productname>Windows SDK</productname>
including the <application>Visual C++ Compilers</application>,
you don't need <productname>Visual Studio</productname> to build.
Note that as of Version 8.0a the Windows SDK no longer ships with a
complete command-line build environment.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>