Re: multiple version installation in the same machine ????

In response to "Josh Harrison" <joshques(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Hi
> I have a postgres version 7.4 and version 8.3 installed in my system.
> 7.4 uses port 5432 and 8.3 uses port 5433.
> I started 7.4 and the database is running fine. Now i started the database
> server in version 8.3
> and it started fine.
>
> pg_ctl -D /export/home/josh/postgres8.3/pgsql/data start -l log8.3.log
> server starting
> -sh-3.00$ pg_ctl status
> pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 4408)
> /usr4/postgres8.3/bin/postgres -D /export/home/josh/postgres8.3/pgsql/data
>
> But when I type psql -l I get this error
> -sh-3.00$ psql -l
> psql: FATAL: database "postgres" does not exist
>
> why? Is it not possible to have multiple version installations i the same
> machine(in different ports)?

PostgreSQL 7.4 doesn't install a "postgres" database by default. Try
explicitly connecting to template1.

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