There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
Windows. The simplest way to build with
- Microsoft tools is to install
Visual Studio Express 2019
- for Windows Desktop and use the included
- compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
+ Microsoft tools is to install
Visual Studio 2019
+ and use the included compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 to 2019.
In some cases that requires the installation of the
Windows SDK in addition to the compiler.
Visual Studio Express or some versions of the
Microsoft Windows SDK. If you do not already have a
Visual Studio environment set up, the easiest
- ways are to use the compilers from
Visual Studio Express 2019
- for Windows Desktop or those in the
Windows SDK
- 10, which are both free downloads from Microsoft.
+ ways are to use the compilers from
+
Visual Studio 2019 or those in the
+
Windows SDK 10, which are both free downloads
+ from Microsoft.
Both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are possible with the Microsoft Compiler suite.
32-bit PostgreSQL builds are possible with
-
Visual Studio 2019 (including Express editions),
as well as standalone Windows SDK releases 8.1a to 10.
64-bit PostgreSQL builds are supported with
Microsoft Windows SDK version 8.1a to 10 or