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<h1>The GUI as a PostgreSQL client</h1>
Starting from version <b>2.1.0</b> the GUI has the capability to support connections to external <b>PostgreSQL / PostGIS</b> databases.<br>
This functionality is mainly based on <a that is now a required dependency for the GUI tool.
The present tutorial is intended to quickly explain how the PostgreSQL support is implemented by <b>spatialite_gui</b>.<br><br>
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<td><b>1.</b> you can press the appropriate button from the Toolbar</td>
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<td><b>2.</b> you can select the appropriate item from the main Menu</td>
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<td><b>3.</b> and finally you can select the appropriate item from the context Menu that will appear by clicking the <b>left</b> button of the mouse over the <b>PostreSQL</b> main node from the Table Tree.</td>
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<td><b>4.</b> in all three cases the PostgreSQL connection dialog will appear.<br>
Just insert the required connection arguments and confirm.<br><br>
If the given arguments are invalid an error message will be then displayed, othrwise the connection will be immediately established.<br><br><br><hr><br><br><br>
If you are attempting to connect a remote server, you could probably find useful reading first the tutorial about <a tunneling and Port Forwarding /
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