SVN Commit by dpage: r4934 - branches/REL-1_4_0_PATCHES/pgadmin3/docs/en_US
Author: dpage Date: 2006-01-19 14:03:54 +0000 (Thu, 19 Jan 2006) New Revision: 4934 Modified: branches/REL-1_4_0_PATCHES/pgadmin3/docs/en_US/extend.html Log: Improve adminpack documentation Modified: branches/REL-1_4_0_PATCHES/pgadmin3/docs/en_US/extend.html =================================================================== --- branches/REL-1_4_0_PATCHES/pgadmin3/docs/en_US/extend.html 2006-01-19 13:59:07 UTC (rev 4933) +++ branches/REL-1_4_0_PATCHES/pgadmin3/docs/en_US/extend.html 2006-01-19 14:03:54 UTC (rev 4934) @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@Extended features
-pgAdmin III's functionality can be further enhanced using the admin contrib +
pgAdmin III's functionality can be further enhanced using the adminpack contrib module for PostgreSQL. This is a library of additional functions that may be installed on your server which allows pgAdmin to offer additional features, such as:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ displayed on the Statistics tab in the main window.
The admin module is installed and activated by default if you are running the +
The adminpack is installed and activated by default if you are running the 'official' pgInstaller distribution of PostgreSQL for Windows, however, if you are running -any other version of PostgreSQL you will need to manually install the module. To do so, -simply copy the /xtra/admin directory from the pgAdmin source distribution to the /contrib -directory of your pre-configured PostgreSQL source tree. Run the following commands:
+any other version of PostgreSQL you will need to manually install it. To do so, +simply copy the /xtra/admin or /xtra/admin81 (for PostgreSQL 8.1 and above) directory +from the pgAdmin source distribution to the /contrib directory of your pre-configured PostgreSQL +source tree. If you don't have the pgAdmin source code, you can download the adminpacks +here. +Run the following commands (substituting admin for admin81 +if required):
+
# cd $PGSRC/contrib/admin
# make all
@@ -43,18 +48,18 @@
The module should now be built, and installed into your existing PostgreSQL installation. -to be used, you must now install the module into the database you use as pgAdmin's Initial -DB (normally template1, though you may wish to use a different database). To do so, -locate the admin.sql file installed in the previous step - normally this may be found in -/usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/ and run it against your database. You will normally need to do -this as the PostgreSQL superuser:
+to be used, you must now install the module into the database you use as pgAdmin's Maintenance +DB (normally postgres, though you may wish to use a different database). To do so, +locate the admin.sql or admin81.sql file installed in the previous step - normally +this may be found in /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/ and run it against your database. You will +normally need to do this as the PostgreSQL superuser:- $ psql template1 < /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/admin.sql + $ psql postgres < /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/admin.sql-
The next time you connect to the server with pgAdmin, it will detect the presence of the admin -module and offer full functionality.
+The next time you connect to the server with pgAdmin, it will detect the presence of the adminpack +and offer full functionality.