Re: BUG #1812: installation

> Bug reference: 1812
> Logged by: Donald Bahari
> Email address: baharid(at)yahoo(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Operating system: Windows XP Home SP2
> Description: installation
> Details:
>
> in the first screen of the installation the user was set to
> postgres and asked for a password, which i gave. there was an
> error message and i changed the user and password to
> something i had set up in "user accounts" in "control panel".
> in control panel i couldn't set up a user "postgres", but i
> could set up a different user(e.g. donbah) with a password
> and then change the name the name to "postgres", but the
> installation gave an error message, so i had to change the
> user to "donbah" and use the password i set in control panel.
> then i could complete the installation. since i am a beginner
> and trying to learn by following from a book, i don't know if
> its ok to proceed. i also had difficulty with the
> "createuser" command.

Not much we can say without seeing the actual error message you
received...

Out of interest, which book discusses the postgresql installer for
win32? I wasn't aware there was one out yet :-)

//Magnus