Re: postmaster.pid file

> We have an installation of PG8.0 Beta1 running on a win 2000
> server box.
> After a normal shutdown and restart of the computer, the
> database service would not restart. Error message was:
>
> "Could not start the PostgreSQL Database Server [version #
> inserted here] service on local computer.
> The service did not return an error. This could be an
> internal Windows error or an internal service error.
> If the problem persists, contact your system administrator."
>
> Deleted the postmaster.pid file and it worked fine.
>
> Should this file normally be removed every time PG shuts
> down? Is/was this a bug in Beta 1?

Yes it's a bug, and it's fixed in beta-2. There are a couple of other
important win32 fixes in beta2, so I'd strongly suggest you upgrade.
(Actually, they're not in beta-2, but they're in the beta2-dev series
installers)

//Magnus