Re: Postgres on NT

run pgsql with the -h host argument.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Manczak" <dmanczak(at)worldonline(dot)dk>
To: "Assefa Yewondwossen" <assefa(at)dmsolutions(dot)on(dot)ca>;
<pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Postgres on NT

> I have simila yet different problems...
>
> It seems that we are some NT folks with startup problems. Therefore, I
took
> the liberty to include my hurdles in this thread...
>
> The downloaded binaries <postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz> didn't work
for
> me on windows2000.
>
> Instead I tried to compile the \src\win32.mak on windows2000 with nmake
from
> MS VC++ 5.0 as described in
> http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/install-win32.htm
> (these instructions are meant for pgsql v.6.4.).
> I used the full download <postgresql-7.0.2.tar.gz> taken from the FTP site
> <ftp://ftp.sunsite.auc.dk/disk1/www.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.0.2/>
>
> I got the following error:
> ***
> startup.c<25> : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'version.h'
> ***
> I solved this by copying version.h from the library
"\src\include\commands"
> to "\src\bin\psql"
>
> This way I have the 4 files mentioned in
> http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/install-win32.htm
>
> I copy the newly built libpq.dll to c:\winnt\system32, try to run psql.exe
> and I get another error:
> ***
> psql.exe: connectDBStart() -- socket() failed: errno=0
> No error
> ***
> This is where I am stuck.
> I hope there are some more experienced pgsql-NT people outhere who can
help
>
>
> Regards
> Dan Manczak
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Assefa Yewondwossen" <assefa(at)dmsolutions(dot)on(dot)ca>
> To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 7:56 PM
> Subject: [NOVICE] Postgres on NT
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have downloaded NT binaries and would like to start using postgres. I
> >
> > have checked the tutorials but could not get started correctly.
> >
> > The tar files dowloaded do not have a postmaster executable (I do not
> > no if it is necessary on NT or it is just a on UNIX).
> >
> > I tried to start posgres.exe and I get the following message :
> >
> > $ postgres
> > DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Thu Aug 24 10:12:16 2000
> > DEBUG: Data Base System was interrupted being in production at Wed Aug
> > 23 17:18
> > :25 2000
> > DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Thu Aug 24 10:12:16
> > 2000
> > FATAL 1: Version number in file 'd:\proj\pgsql\data/PG_VERSION' should
> > be 7.0
> > , not 7.0
> > .
> > FATAL 1: Version number in file 'd:\proj\pgsql\data/PG_VERSION' should
> > be 7.0
> > , not 7.0
> > .
> > I do not really understand why there is fatal error on the version
> > (seems to be the same).
> >
> >
> > When I tried other executables :
> >
> > $ psql
> > psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: No such file or
> > Is the postmaster running at 'localhost'
> > and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'?
> >
> >
> > Any help would be really appreciated to get me started.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>