There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
Windows. The simplest way to build with
- Microsoft tools is to install a modern version of the
+ Microsoft tools is to install a supported version of the
Microsoft Platform SDK and use use the included
compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or 2008. In some cases
PostgreSQL can be built using the Visual C++ compiler suite from Microsoft.
These compilers can be either from
Visual Studio,
-
Visual Studio Express or
recent versions of the
+
Visual Studio Express or
some versions of the
Platform SDK. If you do not already have a
Visual Studio environment set up, the easiest
way us to use the compilers in the
Platform SDK,
Visual Studio 2008. When using the Platform SDK
only, or when building for 64-bit Windows, only
Visual Studio 2008 is supported.
+
Visual Studio 2010 is not yet supported.
+
+
+ When building using the
Platform SDK, versions
+ 6.0 to 7.0 of the SDK are supported. Older or newer versions will not work.
+ In particular, versions from 7.0a and later will not work, since
+ they include compilers from
Visual Studio 2010.