Re: Installation Error, Server Won't Start

On Mar 18, 5:07 pm, r(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)iol(dot)ie ("Raymond O'Donnell") wrote:
> On 18/03/2009 21:10, ray wrote:
>
> > I downloaded the 8.3 exe for Windows (XP) and started the
> > installation.  When it got near the end, a warning window opened
> > stating "Problem running post-install step.  Installation may not
> > complete correctly.  Failed to start the database server."
>
> Did you select the option to log the installation? If you didn't,
> uninstall if you can, then try it again, and if it still doesn't work
> post the log here (or at least the bits showing errors).
>
> Ray.
>
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Raymond,

I do not see an opportunity to request a log to be written. From the
Psotgre site, I downloaded:
postgresql-8.3.7-1-windows.exe

There isn't an entry in the Control Panel to remove PostgreSQL. When
I rerun the installation, it detects that there is an existing one and
says it will update. Then it asked what I want to do with some of the
conflicts (which I said "Ignore").

Ray