Re: Problems setting up DB at a different location

Sven Riedel wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm trying to place a database on a different harddisk than the default one
>PostgreSQL uses. I've read and followed the instructions of the User
>Documentation Sections 6.1.1 and 10.2.
>
>export PGDATA2="/data/db"
>initlocation PGDATA2
>
>so far, so good, everything worked.
>But now, when I createdb mydb -D PGDATA2 from the commandline or
>CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH LOCATION = 'PGDATA2';
>from psql, I get the message
>
>ERROR: Postmaster environment variable 'PGDATA2' not set
>
>despite it being set, obviously. Trying to SET it again from within psql
>resulted in being told that 'pgdata2' was not a valid option name.

Was it set and exported in the postmaster's environment?

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