Windows is not necessarily 32-bit, any more.
As suggested by Mike Toews.
-
+
-32">
+dows">
Installation from Source Code on Windows
binaries are built using
Visual Studio.
- 32-full">
+ dows-full">
Building with Visual C++ or the
- 32-libpq">
+ dows-libpq">
PostgreSQL can be built using Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for
Windows, but that method is inferior to the native Windows build
- 32">)]]> and
+ dows">)]]> and
is no longer recommended.
The MinGW build variant uses the normal build system described in
this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently
and is described in
- documentation]]>32">]]>.
+ documentation]]>dows">]]>.
It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like
MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main
PostgreSQL web site.
- Full support for 32">64-bit
+ Full support for dows">64-bit
Support compiling on
- linkend="install-win32">64-bit
+ linkend="install-windows">64-bit
Windows> and running in 64-bit
mode (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus Hagander)
Support server builds using
- linkend="install-win
32-full">
Visual Studio
+ linkend="install-win
dows-full">
Visual Studio
2008> (Magnus Hagander)