Re: Postgres error

Ritu Khetan wrote:
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> Dear friends,
>
> I am getting the following error when I start Postgres 8.1 from the command
> prompt on windows:
>
> pg_ctl start -D e:/crisilfe/crisil/pgsql/data
> postmaster starting
>
> E:\Crisilfe\Crisil\pgsql\bin>LOG: could not rename file
> "global/config_exec_par
> ams.new" to "global/config_exec_params", continuing to try
> pg_ctl start -D e:/crisilfe/crisil/pgsql/data
> pg_ctl: another postmaster may be running; trying to start postmaster
> anyway
> FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
> HINT: Is another postmaster (PID 2672) running in data directory
> "e:/crisilfe/c
> risil/pgsql/data"?
> pg_ctl: could not start postmaster
> Examine the log output.
>
> Can someone thro some light on what causing this. Need urgent help...
>
> Regards,
> Ritu
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PG runs as a service on windows - if you look in service control manager
is it started?

If you look in task manager are there any postmaster.exe's running?

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Paul Lambert
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