batok/zig-pg-demo

A Zig example to access postgresql using the libpq C library.

Zig program accessing Postgresql using libpq C library

Command to run postgresql server in docker with port 25432.

Open a terminal window and run ...

docker-compose up

Install libpq ( in macosx ).

brew install libpq

Setup useful environment variables.

export ZIG_SYSTEM_LINKER_HACK=1

Install zig using asdf ( how to install asdf is out of this scope )

asdf install zig 0.8.0

Compile this program

zig build-exe -lc -l pq -L/usr/local/Cellar/libpq/13.3/lib/ -I/usr/local/Cellar/libpq/13.3/include zig-pg-demo.zig

Run the program

./zig-pg-demo 127.0.0.1 25432 postgres postgres postgres

### Previous command stands for ./zig-pg-demo <host> <port> <user> <password> <database>