Re: Postgres installation problem

From: "Usama Dar" <munir(dot)usama(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "lattab kader" <lattabk(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres installation problem
Date: 2007-12-16 19:45:33
Message-ID: ff0e67090712161145m2f3d46b1y19abe58106a7d1b2@mail.gmail.com
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On Dec 7, 2007 10:39 AM, lattab kader <lattabk(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi all
> I have installed the postgresq 8.0 as a program in C:\PostgreSQL\8.0. I
> have also set the ENV varibale PGDATA as "C:\PostgreSQL\8.0\share" for the
> postgre.conf file.
> when I try to start it from C:\PostgreSQL\8.0\bin\postgres.exe then I am
> getting the following error:
>
>
> C:\PostgreSQL\8.0\bin>postgres.exe
> FATAL: "C:/PostgreSQL/8.0/share" is not a valid data directory
> DETAIL: File "C:/PostgreSQL/8.0/share/PG_VERSION" is missing.
>

Is your c:/PostgreSQL/8.0/share directory empty? did you do initdb in this
directory?

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