Re: accessing a db

May be you did not shutdown the database when the last time you start it.

Try this :
1. type 'ps -a' . Can you see any 'postgres' in the 'command' column ?
If not proceed to no. 2
2. type 'rm /usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid'

Each time PostgreSQL runs, it creates the
/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid.
If you shutdown the database cleanly, the file will be deleted.
Upon starting the postmaster, PostgreSQL check this file, if the file exist,
then it is a sign that a postmaster already running.

Everytime you're done working with Cygwin + PostgreSQL, use this command to
cleanly shutdown the postmaster :
'pg_ctl stop -D /usr/share/postgresq/data'

Hey...I hope this is not a production server.
I can not bear the responsible any lost of your data.

Good luck.

----- Original Message -----
From: "João Carlos Fernandes Costa" <joao(dot)costa(at)oni(dot)pt>
To: "'Andy Samuel'" <andysamuel(at)myrealbox(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] accessing a db

> Hi Andy,
>
> I try your command sequence, but when I typed the second line I got the
> following:
>
> pg_ctl: Another postmaster may be running. Trying to start
> postmaster anyway.
> pg_ctl: cannot start postmaster
> Examine the log output.
> [3]+ Done ipc-daemon
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Joao