On 19 May, 2007, at 23:12, Bill Hernandez wrote:

I got mysql5 +server installed earlier today, and you recommend that I do the same for postgresql + server, but when I checked the variants

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did not find a +server variant, it looks like I probably ought to take the default install:

$ sudo port install -v postgresql82-server $ sudo port install -v postgresql82

Yes, that appears to be correct. I had naïvely assumed that 'postgresql' (@7.4.12) was the port that you wanted to install, but I see now that there are newer versions numbered (usually, if a non- numbered version exists, it's the latest stable).

You mention that I should add any bindings needed, I am now quite sure if I need to do anything in order to access pgsql with php5. I know on the php5 I have to add the pgsql variant, but I don't have a clue about the bindings.

You should be OK; the php5 variant includes the bindings. Unfortunately, bindings between languages and libraries appear in different places; sometimes with the library, sometimes with the language, and sometimes in completely separate ports. This isn't something we have yet figured out how to shield the user from :) Chris