Re: Should I reinstall over current installation?

On 2/3/20 12:44 PM, Chris Charley wrote:
Please reply to list also.
Ccing list.
> Adrian
>
> /Does Postgres still exist on the system?
>
> If it does have you started the service?/
>
> PostgreSQL-x64-12 is list as 'stopped' in the task manger services tab.
> When I try to 'start', it doesn't change to 'running'.

What does the Windows system log show when you do this?

>
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:26 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 2/3/20 12:20 PM, Chris Charley wrote:
> > I just got my Windows 10 computer in Nov 2019 and installed
> PostgreSQL
> > Jan this year.
> >
> > I had a problem with Windows update and when I contacted
> Microsoft, they
> > installed a fresh operating system. After that, I was unable to run
> > postgres from pgAdmin 4 or from a perl program that accessed the
> database.
> >
> > The message I got was:
> >
> > could not connect to server: Connection refused
> (0x0000274D/10061) Is
> > the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting
> TCP/IP
> > connections on port 5432? at pg_01.pl <http://pg_01.pl>
> <http://pg_01.pl> line 8.
> > **//___^
>
> Does Postgres still exist on the system?
>
> If it does have you started the service?
>
> > I  was considering 2 options:
> >
> > !) Reinstall postgres over the current without removing the current
> > postgres first.
> > 2) uninstall the current postgres and then install postgres again.
> >
> > The tables I created in my database are not many and if I lose them
> > doing a reinstall, I could recreate my database and the tables. I
> was
> > considering option (1) as I was wondering if that choice would
> keep the
> > database and tables I created this January.
> >
> > (The database and contained tables are from 'Practical SQL' by
> Anthony
> > DeBarros.)
> >
> > A second question is: When I try to edit anything in pgAdmin,
> sometimes
> > it won't let me edit the code. I then refresh the database in the
> left
> > pane and then it allows me to edit the SQL in the query pane.
> >
> > Thank you for any help you may provide.
> >
> > Chris
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>

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