Support the PostgreSQL engine on Windows

[dharmjit]

Hi, I just started exploring this project. But not able to build the project on windows. Is windows support in the road map. Thanks

[eullerpereira94]

Can you specify the error message?

[dharmjit]

I am getting below error.

github.com\lfittl\pg_query_go@v1.0.0\parser\include/port.h:17:19: fatal error: netdb.h: No such file or directory                                                                                                                                  compilation terminated.

[eullerpereira94]

Ah, the dreaded "missing C header files" error. First, this seems like a problem within pg_query_go and the C header files available on your system. I have two recommendations for you:

1. if you are in Windows 10, activate WSL2, and use sqlc within the Linux subsystem. Be sure to install gcc on it.
2. Try the vendoring instructions present in the pg_query_go repo, and see if it works.

I will research a little bit more in order to see if there is some other options, but those two are the ones that were on the top of my mind.

[landbed]

@kyleconroy @euller88 how about providing a binary file on every releases? user can download directly?

[kyleconroy]

@landbed that is already the case. You can download macOS and Linux binaries for every commit on master. Each release also has binaries.

The issue is that out PostgreSQL parser does not support Windows. Once MySQL support is complete, we'll offer a Windows version that does not support PostgreSQL.

[dharmjit]

Hi @kyleconroy, windows binaries then will not be useful for people using postgresql.

[766b]

Just FYI, you can run sqlc on Windows by installing Windows Subsystem for Linux then using compiled Linux binary. Probably can add this to readme as temporary work around for Windows users.

[kyleconroy]

Initial Windows support is now live (#886).

GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build ./cmd/sqlc/

These builds have a huge limitation: the PostgreSQL engine does not work. While that's obviously not ideal, it's good for those people that only need MySQL support.