Re: Re-Install data folder failure

On Apr 20, 1:29 pm, ray <Ray(dot)Jos(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)CDICorp(dot)com> wrote:
> I have been having troubles getting 8.3 running on Windows XP.  My
> last couple of attempts have been to install 8.3 in a folder off the
> root rather than off of 'Program Files'.  Since I ‘uninstalled’ it, I
> have not been able to get a good installation.  I have tried many
> times.  I use Control Panels Add&Remove to remove 8.3 and then I go
> through the registry and remove any remaining entries tjat address
> 'postgres'.  When I start a new install, it always points to c:
> \program files\postg… which I change on the setup page to the new c:
> \pghome.  I have a leftover environmental variable pgdata which points
> to c:\pghome\8.3\data.  But this folder never gets built anymore.
> That is, there is not data folder.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get this built?
>

The method I used to resolve this was to:
1) Use Control Panel to Remove the previous installation. It left
behind the 'data' folder.
2) Install with the msi file choosing not to install as a service.
3) After installation was complete, the log stated:
MSI (c) (38:10) [07:57:45:317]: Product: PostgreSQL 8.3 --
Installation completed successfully.
4) I set the environment variable 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' to 'C:\pgHome
\8.3\lib'.
5) Set the environment variable PGDATA to 'C:\pgHome\8.3\data'.
6) Renamed the old 'data' folder to 'data_old'.
7) From the command prompt, I executed 'initdb' with no parameters
allowing PGDATA to drive the location, which responded with:
Success. You can now start the database server using: . . .
8) Executed: 'pg_ctl -l firstlogfile.txt start' which produced a
logfile in the bin folder (from where the command was issued).
9) Executed 'createdb' to produce a new database under my logon name.
10) From pgAdmin3, the new server was visible.
11) From pgAdmin3, I set 3 more connections which established 3
servers.
12) From pgAdmin3, I dropped the original server setup from the
command line.
13) Each server has 2 databases: postgres and myname.

Now, if I can just find out if these are persistant and useful . . .

Ray