
WISQL release 5.1

WISQL installation has CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.  Mostly, it
never worked right before and now I hope that it does.


			PGSQL Caveats

IMPORTANT NOTE:  this release of wisql should work
with either Sybase or PostgreSQL (v6.1+).  A slightly
hacked version of pgtcl is included in case you are using
an old PG95.  You will have to change one line in the
routine pgCols in ucodb.tlib.  It's flagged -- search for
the string "PG95".  You don't need this hack if you are
running any of the official version of PostgreSQL.  I
do not recommend that you continue to run PG95.

PG support for wisql is no longer my problem :-(  sorry,
but I'm short of time.  If you want support for PostgreSQL
releases later than 6.1, please contribute code.

No detailed instructions are given here for making pgtcl libraries.
Consult the Postgres distribution and docs.  Likewise, I don't
tell you how to build sybtcl.  Tom P's documentation is great.


			HOW TO INSTALL wisql

1) build and install Tcl
2) build and install Tk
3) build and install TclX
4) build and install SybTcl with TclX option

5) make sure you have gmake (GNU make)  be
   sure to use it for the wisql build.

Now you are ready to start.

Select a scratch directory and unpack the tar file, 
but don't throw it away yet :-)

After the unpack you should see some configure-type 
files in current_dir (where you unpacked it), and a 
couple of subdirectories wisql and ucodb.

Now follow these steps in order:

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	in the current dir where you unpacked, 

		autoconf

		./configure

	check the output from configure.  if you like
	it then,

		make
	
			check the output, then

		make install

	or if you are brave, just


		make install

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You will want to edit the file CONFIG.ucodb.cf in ucodb
and 'make install' again in ucodb, to customize the code
for your site.  But the make and install should work 
without this final step.

The wisql mailing list is still wisql@ucolick.org -- please
freel free to use it.


			NOTES

If anyone would like to volunteer to replicate the SYB and
PG procs for ORA, I would not object at all to a little help :-)
otherwise, Oracle support for this version of wisql will be
much later in appearing, if indeed it ever appears.

This version of wisql has some new features.  
	If you install BLT (2.4 or later) you can plot the
		results of queries.    See README.plot
	If you install TkTable (1.80 or later) then you have
		the option of putting your results into a
		simple spreadsheet.  See README.sheet.

If you don't have these DLLs then you will get some harmless
warning messages at wisql startup time.

The command window and results window are detachable, and you 
can have multiple results windows all visible simultaneously.  
Check out the "Detach" options on the Query and Results menus.

Apart from this, little has changed.  Wisql has been tested
lightly with PostgreSQL 6.2 under Linux and appears to work OK,
but I haven't done anything really interesting with it yet.

This is the 3rd draft of the plotting mechanism.  Comments on
the UI for plotting, and on the sheet, are solicited.  

