Re: POSTGRES ISSUES

I share experience with Duogh.

We've installed PostgreSQL on Windows almost as much as on Linux
(dozens) and had no issues on either OS.
I remember once having issue similar to yours, it happened while
upgrading Pg 10.1 to 10.4.

New installer wouldn't recognize the database in the previous folder.
Turned out to be some strange user permissions issue, which, by the way,
we couldn't solve. We allowed installer to create a new folder and
copied old data into. And that was it.

BR,

M.O.

On 22.9.19. 16:26, Doug Easterbrook wrote:
> I might just say that this advice is a little harsh.
>
> I’ve never had any problem with enterprise DB’s Postgres installers
> for windows.   if you have your machine generally up todate with
> latest patches and you are using 64 bit OS like win 2008 server, 2012
> server 2016 server, 2019 server, win 81. or win 10 — it basically
> installs out the gate.
>
> I’ve never fussed with it.      I’ve ben buil my on installers around
> it ..      The only parameters I give to the postgres install package are
>
> --mode unattended --superpassword [myPassword] --servicepassword
> [myPassword]
>
>
>
> and its hardly more stock than that. [myPassword].   is a password of
> my choosing.  read about the parameters  using —help as the installer
> parameters.
> *
> **Doug Easterbrook*
> *Arts Management Systems Ltd.*
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>
>> On September 22, 2019, at 4:21 AM, Andreas Steinel
>> <a(dot)steinel(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:a(dot)steinel(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Myke,
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:54 PM Myke Ndungu <mykendoch(at)gmail(dot)com
>> <mailto:mykendoch(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello there im in windows trying to install both postreSQL 11 a
>> and Pgadmin 4 but without good progress.
>> im keeping on receiving an error "database cluster not
>> initialized" have used all the solutions eg
>> adding postgres in computer management and giving it full rights
>> on the security properties section in postgreSQL file folder
>> though during reinstallation its telling me to chose another
>> directory to upgrade the current application.
>> i also tried to install afresh postgres using the command prompt
>> still not yet
>> ALSO INCLUDED THE POSTGRES PATH IN THE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE still
>> not working
>> Advise from there please
>>
>>
>> Yes, Windows and PostgreSQL are not the best friends and that's OK.
>> Why don't you just go down the Docker route and stop trying to use
>> Windows for PostgreSQL.
>> There is no easier method to get started with both than Docker.
>>
>> --
>> With kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>
>> Andreas Steinel
>> M.Sc. Visual Computing
>> M.Sc. Informatik
>