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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-02-04 03:55:51 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-02-04 03:55:51 +0000
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Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment variable.
Backpatch to 8.2.X.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml9
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 4b8af8bc167..49d12b6a9ad 100644
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.224 2007/02/01 00:28:17 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.225 2007/02/04 03:55:51 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
@@ -4356,6 +4356,13 @@ service names and parameters. This file can be used for client-only
installs too. The file's location can also be specified by the
<envar>PGSYSCONFDIR</envar> environment variable.
</para>
+
+<para>
+To set environment variables on Windows, from <literal>My Computer</>,
+choose <literal>View System Information</>, and from the <literal>Advanced</>
+tab, choose <literal>Environment Variables</>, then add a user or system
+variable.
+</para>
</sect1>