Re: PostgreSQL on Windows

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Mark Vantzelfde <netmasters(dot)ma(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on Windows
Date: 2010-03-29 17:51:25
Message-ID: 4BB0E89D.5030707@iol.ie
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

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

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message raghavendra t 2010-03-29 17:52:55 Re: How to give security to pg_catalogs
Previous Message Scott Marlowe 2010-03-29 17:50:13 Re: Processor speed relative to postgres transactions per second