Re: [Fwd: Re: Problem in connecting to database]

Hi,

> It was the PATH problem. I was accessing default psql that came with
linux.
> Now after setting the PATH, and running the command,
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -D .
> I am getting the following error.
> FATAL: database files are incompatible with server
> DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 7.
> 4, which is not compatible with this version 9.0.1.
> How to resolve this?
Probably your DATA path is wrong. Try
-bash-3.2$ env | grep DATA
I get
PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data

I think it will help you if you read documentation on installing and
starting PostgreSQL, especially pg_ctl options, initializing the cluster
etc.

Regards,
Jayadevan

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