From: | Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | ray <ray(at)aarden(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Basic Tutorials for 9.0 |
Date: | 2010-11-11 05:07:15 |
Message-ID: | 4CDB7A03.40509@gmail.com |
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ray wrote:
> I just downloaded 9.0 onto my laptop and desktop Windows XP machines.
> Nether one could run the stack builder. Windows would fault any time
> I tried to run it. I tried inputing the proxy server but that did not
> help.
>
> I have found many tutorials but none look like the 9.0. Many seem to
> be for EnterpriseDB version 8.3.
>
> I need a lot of help. I have seen tutorials that say to use pgAdmin
> III but they only address high level functions; I haven't found
> anything that gives a step by step. When I first bring up pgAdmin,
> the server entry has a red 'X' through it. I played around and got it
> to open and show tables and schema and things but I just stumbled on
> it. Now I don't rmember how I got there. But then I don't know what
> to do when I am.
>
> I also tried the shell. create mydb. I used all the defaults but the
> console came back and rejected all the defaults and closed the
> console.
>
> I would like to export an Excel file as CVS and ;'copy' into pg. So I
> would like to learn how to create a new database and what ever goes
> along with that to acheive this goal.
>
> I would appreciate all help.
>
> Thanks,
> ray
>
>
if the defaults are in play the owning account should be able to do
createdb somedbname;
You left of the "db" in createdb in your posting.
The red X by a server means you haven't logged in to that server.
Since you've got all the way in to there that might be best spot from
which to explore There is a create database on the right-click menu.
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