[fpc-pascal] Searching for database libraries

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:

> When using something like InitialisePostgres3(), if the approximate location 
> of the database library (.so or .dll) is known, what's the most effective way 
> of finding the exact file? Is there a single routine that does a recursive 
> search?

No.

> The reason that I ask is that it appears that the most efficient way of 
> getting libpq.dll for Windows is to install the ODBC drivers, and they go 
> into a directory typically named like C:\Program Files\psql\ODBC\xxxx\bin 
> where xxxx is a version number.

Maybe the installer writes something in the registry, in which case you could try that first.

Michael.