Re: win2k: newbie getting error 'database creation failed'

Thank you, that worked. Actually grabbed the 2/12 snapshot.

Van

-----Original Message-----
From: Henshall, Stuart - WCP
[mailto:SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:10 AM
To: 'tmp1(at)leegs(dot)com'; pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [CYGWIN] win2k: newbie getting error 'database creation
failed'

You need the latest snap shot, see:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-cygwin/2002-02/msg00064.php
You just need the dll in /bin (I found the dll package was truncated for me
so had to download the inst package, extract the dll and put it in
c:\cygwin\bin).
Cheers,
- Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tmp1(at)leegs(dot)com [mailto:tmp1(at)leegs(dot)com]
> Sent: 13 February 2002 06:39
> To: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [CYGWIN] win2k: newbie getting error 'database
> creation failed'
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install pgsql and am unable to.
>
> System: Win2k, 3GB free
>
> I followed the instructions on the faq-mswin section
> I downloaded and installed the cygwin version of pgsql (v.7.2)
> Successfully started the ipc-daemon
>
> Started the server:
>
> $ /usr/bin/postmaster -D /usr/pgsql/data
> DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2002-02-12 22:05:39
> DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 0/1136C0
> DEBUG: redo record is at 0/1136C0; undo record is at 0/0;
> shutdown TRUE
> DEBUG: next transaction id: 89; next oid: 16556
> DEBUG: database system is ready
>
> Tried to createdb, but got an error:
>
> $ createdb testdb
> Signal 11
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> The server window logged this:
>
> DEBUG: pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
> DEBUG: incomplete startup packet
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks,
> Van
>
>
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