Re: Counting distinct names

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Christopher Sawtell <csawtell(at)xtra(dot)co(dot)nz>, "pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Counting distinct names
Date: 2000-04-20 13:07:27
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.10004201458170.23396-100000@Rama.DoCS.UU.SE
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Tom Lane wrote:

> > 2) I couldn't find a --database-dir=[/var/lib/pgsql/data] option in
> > the output from ./configure --help.

> The default location is PREFIX/data; I don't think there is a configure
> option to change that without setting --prefix.

That's news to me. There is no default for the data storage location
anywhere that I can see. You always need to use the -D option or set
PGDATA in the environment. Of course PREFIX/data is the commonly used
place but it isn't any more special than any other location.

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