Re: Initdb problem - catch 22?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Initdb problem - catch 22?
Date: 2007-12-19 14:24:23
Message-ID: 20071219142423.GE9937@alvh.no-ip.org
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Glyn Astill wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> Right I've setup postgres numerous times without a problem, and this
> time I'm using all the same stuff but running into a problem where
> initdb won't run without the postgres server running, and the
> postgres server will not run without the postgresql.conf etc that
> initdb creates!
>
> To start with I tried the following:
>
> #/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb SEE --encoding='LATIN1'

Keep in mind that createdb is completely different and separate from
initdb. My guess is that you're confusing the two.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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