RE: RE: RE: Win95 PostGreSQL

Here's a link to the cygipc download:
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/cygipc-1.09-2
.tar.gz
Here's one to the index:
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/index.html
Basically just untar it and then use ipc-daemon & (you may need to add in
the path can't remeber of hand). If you look in the archives and at the faqs
there should be stuff about it.
- Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew [SMTP:andrewy(at)rnd(dot)celcom(dot)com(dot)my]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:22 AM
> To: 'S. L.'; SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk
> Cc: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: RE: [CYGWIN] RE: Win95 PostGreSQL
>
>
> Errr.....just a problem.....i don't seem to able to find the ipc-daemon
> on the installed directory of cygwin.
>
> If I do a initdb -D test , it hangs on the last line. I don't know if my
> installation is a ok entirely.
> But I believe it is complete as I use the cygwin setup program.
>
> $ initdb -D test
> This database system will be initialized with username "andrew".
> This user will own all the data files and must also own the server
> process.
>
> Fixing permissions on existing directory test
> Creating directory test/base
> Creating directory test/global
> Creating directory test/pg_xlog
> Creating template1 database in test/base/1
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. L. [SMTP:s0lao(at)netscape(dot)net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:55 PM
> To: SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk
> Cc: andrewy(at)rnd(dot)celcom(dot)com(dot)my; pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: RE: [CYGWIN] RE: Win95 PostGreSQL
>
>
> "Henshall, Stuart - WCP" <SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > It looks like you need to initdb. If you have PGDATA in the
> > enviroment then all you need do is initd. If you need to specify the
> data
> > directory then use -D
> > (eg: initdb -D /var/pgsql/data ).
> > You then need to start the ipc-daemon with ipc-daemon & and then the
> > postmaster with something like postmaster -i &
>
> Actually the order is a bit different:
> 1. Start first of all ipc-daemon with "ipc-daemon &"
> 2. If you didn't, do a simple "initdb" -- the best ideea is to set
> environment variables required by PostgreSQL utilities (i.e. psql & co.),
> not to use the "-D" switch for each of them
> 3. Start the postmaster having "-i" option enabled -- either "postmaster
> -i&" or "pg_ctl -o \"-i"\ start"
> 4. Play with whaterver utility you wish -- never forget to use "-h
> <hostname>" option -- under win32 it's required
>
> > Hope this helps,
> > - Stuart
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew [SMTP:andrewy(at)rnd(dot)celcom(dot)com(dot)my]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:46 AM
> > > To: 'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > > Subject: [CYGWIN] RE: Win95 PostGreSQL
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have just installed the CygWin, latest version. And I tried to use
> the
> > > createdb and psql,
> > > Both have the below error. Can someone help me on this error, I am
> newbie
> > > to these stuff.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Andrew.
> > >
> > > =========================
> > >
> > > $ createdb -p 5000 -h godnukem -e demo
> > > psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> > > Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'godnukem'
> > > and accepting connections on TCP/IP port 5000?
> > > createdb: database creation failed
> > >
> > > andrew(at)STATION01 /bin
> > > $ createdb test
> > > psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
> > > Is the postmaster running locally
> > > and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
> > > createdb: database creation failed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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