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Added info about installation on Windows.

georgik 2013-03-29 04:36:48 -07:00
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### 13. What happens to open transactions when `pg.connect`'s `done` is called?
Nothing. You are responsible for calling either `client.query('COMMIT')` or `client.query('ROLLBACK')` If you call neither and call the `done()` callback the client will be returned to the pool with an open transaction, and I assume _bad things will happen_ in your application.
Nothing. You are responsible for calling either `client.query('COMMIT')` or `client.query('ROLLBACK')` If you call neither and call the `done()` callback the client will be returned to the pool with an open transaction, and I assume _bad things will happen_ in your application.
### 14. How to install pg on Windows?
Problem: `npm install pg` fails with error message `Call to 'pg_config --libdir' returned exit status 1. while trying to load binding.gyp`
You need PosgreSQL installed on your system. Path to PostgreSQL bin directory must be included in environment PATH variable. `pg_config` is stored in that bin directory.
Quick fix for PowerShell:
`$env:PATH+=";C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\bin"`
`npm install pg`