Opening PostgreSQL Databases - Database Tour Documentation

There are several ways to connect to PostgreSQL databases in Database Tour:

Opening through FD interface. Select FD interface, click PostgreSQL, then fill all needed database parameters. Consult with your database administrator on how to choose correct parameters.

PostgreSQL database connection parameters:

(required parameters are highlighted)

Parameter	Description	Value example
Vendor library	Path to libpq.dll library of the PostgreSQL client installation	C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\10\bin\libpq.dll
Server	IP address or hostname of the database server	200.200.190.222
Port	The server's listening port	5432
Database	The name of the specific database to connect to	customers
Charset	The default character set for the connection	UTF8
Application name	Application name to show in database sessions	Database Tour Pro
User name	Database user name	dexter
Password	Database user password	********
SQL command separator	Command separator in multi-command SQL scripts	;

Opening through connection string. Select ADO interface, then choose Connection string option and write a connection string. This way is very flexible and allows to specify many additional parameters in the connection string and override standard Database Tour connection behavior. It is recommended for advanced users. Here are basic connection strings (more examples and details can be found in the Internet):
Provider=PostgreSQL OLE DB Provider;Data Source=myServerAddress;location=myDataBase;User ID=myUsername;password=myPassword; (PostgreSQL OLE DB Provider must be installed)

Driver={PostgreSQL};Server=IP address;Port=5432;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword; (PostgreSQL ODBC Driver must be installed)
Opening through ODBC DSN. Create (if it does not exist yet) an ODBC DSN of the corresponding type using Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator, and point it to the database. Then:
- Select FD interface, click ODBC, then point the Data source parameter to the ODBC DSN by selecting it from the drop-down list.

or

- Select ADO or BDE interface, then choose ODBC data source option and then select the needed ODBC DSN from the drop-down list.

Notes

PostgreSQL client must be installed. The bit-version of it (32 or 64) must match the bit-version of the application. The PostgreSQL client can be downloaded from the PostgreSQL website and installed in a few minutes.
When choosing the ODBC option, please make sure the corresponding ODBC driver installed and the bit-version of it matches the bit-version of the application (32 or 64).

Hints

Each Database Tour edition has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You can install both and use them depending on what type of database you need to work with.
You can invoke the ODBC Data Source Administrator directly from Database Tour when it was launched in administrator mode. In Connect / Open Data Source window, switch to ADO, then click ODBC Sources... button.

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