> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgadmin-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Andreas Pflug
> Sent: 13 April 2005 13:56
> To: Florian G. Pflug
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Roadmap for pgAdmin3 on OSX
>
> Florian G. Pflug wrote:
> > So pgadmin3 on windows checks if there is a service called
> "postgresql" (or
> > whatever), and then create a server definition for that postgres
> > instance if it find an appropriate service?
>
> Yup.
>
> > How does pgadmin3 know the configuration for the service?
> (I guess it at
> > least needs to know the port number)
>
> We just guess it to be 5432... You'd have to change it later
> if it's not
> correct.
No we don't. The PostgreSQL installer for Windows (which I strategically
made myself a developer of ;-p) writes a bunch of registry entries
describing the installation. pgAdmin searches for local installations
(each major.minor PG version goes in a different location in the
registry) and adds the appropriate server node to the tree for each one
it finds. Note that it only searches for service installations, so if
you didn't install it as a service, it won't be found.
Regards, Dave