Re: PostgreSQL on Windows

From: Mark Vantzelfde <netmasters(dot)ma(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: rod(at)iol(dot)ie
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on Windows
Date: 2010-03-29 17:54:50
Message-ID: d04aa01f1003291054j73d92b3aw2b25921baf68d09c@mail.gmail.com
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Same result.

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:

> On 29/03/2010 18:38, Mark Vantzelfde wrote:
> > I am running 8.4 on a Windows Vista system. The software was installed
> using
> > the auto-install process. PostgreSQL starts successfully as a service
> when
> > the system boots. The running postgres* processes can be verified via
> Task
> > Manager. I can run psql from the command prompt. I have the PGDATA env
> > variable set to the folder where the PostgreSQL data sits. Running the
> > pg_ctl status command from the command prompt returns "pg_ctl: no server
> > running". Ideas why pg_ctl doesn't know about the running services?
>
> Have you tried running it with the -D option instead of the env
> variable? No idea if it will make any difference...just a wild guess.
>
> Ray.
>
> --
> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
> rod(at)iol(dot)ie
>

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Mark Vantzelfde
NetMasters, Inc.

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