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Re: PGSQL on shared hosting

Francois Suter <dba@paragraf.ch>

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From: Francois Suter <dba@paragraf.ch>
To: Erick Papadakis <erick_papadakis@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-11-21T08:49:57Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
> i am a newbie to the pgsql world, so pls bear with a possibly stupid
> question. i want to test out pgsql but i only have a shared hosting
> account. is it possible to install pgsql without root access, only for 
> my
> account? my webhost uses redhat i think.

No. The "make install" step requires a root access.

Your best chance is to find a shared hosting which offers PostgreSQL 
rather than MySQL. There are some. Not many, but some...

Good luck.

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Francois

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