Обсуждение: No download of Windows binaries without registering?
Hi, it seems that you cannot download PostgreSQL from the EnterpriseDB website without first registering with EnterpriseDB. Ican somhow understand this cumbersome requirement for their own products, but I do not like the taste of it for the "plain"PostgreSQL builds. This doesn't sound right to me that I have to reveal my Company, Email *and* telephone number inorder to download it. If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do this is not necessary (which is what I expect),but as far as I can tell, there is no direct link to that page. I would appreciate it very much if the download link for the "plain" PostgreSQL builds from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/download.dowould lead to the download page directly without the registration screen. Regards Thomas
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 20:11, Thomas Kellerer<spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > it seems that you cannot download PostgreSQL from the EnterpriseDB website > without first registering with EnterpriseDB. I can somhow understand this > cumbersome requirement for their own products, but I do not like the taste > of it for the "plain" PostgreSQL builds. This doesn't sound right to me that > I have to reveal my Company, Email *and* telephone number in order to > download it. > If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do > this is not necessary (which is what I expect), but as far as I can tell, > there is no direct link to that page. > I would appreciate it very much if the download link for the "plain" > PostgreSQL builds from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/download.do > would lead to the download page directly without the registration screen. You can certainly get it without registering. The link from the PostgreSQL download page points to http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do, where no registration is required. How did you end up at the page above? Perhaps we have a link that points to the wrong EDB page somewhere? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:11:58PM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote: > If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do > this is not necessary (which is what I expect), but as far as I can tell, > there is no direct link to that page. hum, http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows seems to point there. Maybe the link there from: http://www.postgresql.org/download/ could be clearer somehow? -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/
Thomas Kellerer schrieb: >If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do this is not necessary (which is what I expect),but as far as I can tell, there is no direct link to that page. You get there from the official PostgreSQL download page: <http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows> Rainer
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 20:45, Sam Mason<sam@samason.me.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:11:58PM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote: >> If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do >> this is not necessary (which is what I expect), but as far as I can tell, >> there is no direct link to that page. > > hum, > > http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows > > seems to point there. Maybe the link there from: Really? When i click that link, I get to the page that doesn't require registration... > http://www.postgresql.org/download/ > > could be clearer somehow? The link from there, for "Postgres Plus", also brings me to a page that doesn't require registration.. Exactly which link do you click to get to the page that requires registration? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 20:45, Sam Mason<sam@samason.me.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:11:58PM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote: > >> If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do > >> this is not necessary (which is what I expect), but as far as I can tell, > >> there is no direct link to that page. > > > > hum, > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows > > > > seems to point there. > > Really? When i click that link, I get to the page that doesn't require > registration... um, that's what I said isn't it? What I meant to say anyway was that the link I gave contained a pretty prominent link to the page that Thomas gave that doesn't require registration. > Exactly which link do you click to get to the page that requires > registration? I didn't get any, that was the question I was trying to ask. Maybe I should have been clearer somehow? :) -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/
Magnus Hagander wrote on 26.08.2009 20:37: > > You can certainly get it without registering. The link from the > PostgreSQL download page points to > http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do, where no > registration is required. > > How did you end up at the page above? Perhaps we have a link that > points to the wrong EDB page somewhere? A sorry, I did not follow the link from the Postgres page, but came from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/download.do Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realise the link from the postgresql.org site bypassed the registration screen. Thomas
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 21:15, Sam Mason<sam@samason.me.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 20:45, Sam Mason<sam@samason.me.uk> wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:11:58PM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote: >> >> If one goes directly http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do >> >> this is not necessary (which is what I expect), but as far as I can tell, >> >> there is no direct link to that page. >> > >> > hum, >> > >> > http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows >> > >> > seems to point there. >> >> Really? When i click that link, I get to the page that doesn't require >> registration... > > um, that's what I said isn't it? What I meant to say anyway was that > the link I gave contained a pretty prominent link to the page that > Thomas gave that doesn't require registration. I'm probably too tired to multitask this much :-) Sorry, misread things completely. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/