Re: My Postgresql is inaccessible in Windows 8.1

On 08/03/2016 10:15 AM, melvin6925 wrote:
> If Postgresql were running, then he would have not had the problem.
> Would he?

Except the original post was about Postgres running, but having periods
of slow down/inaccessibility. There was a later log entry showing the
pid conflict. Since I am not sure how we got from A to B and what the
current status is I would be hesitant to suggest just pulling a lock
file out from under what could be a running service. The effort to check
is negligible in relation to the benefits that accrue.

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> From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
> Date: 8/3/16 13:01 (GMT-05:00)
> To: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Cc: "Edson F. Lidorio" <edson(at)openmailbox(dot)org>,
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> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] My Postgresql is inaccessible in Windows 8.1
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> On 08/03/2016 08:47 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
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>> Well this looks like the Postgres log and it is showing that you are
>> trying to start Postgres when there is already another instance of
>> Postgres running.
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>> What does the Task Manager show is running?
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>> When I was talking about system logs I meant the OS logs, I was not
>> clear on that point.
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>> *> 2016-08-02 17:05:59 BRT LOG: database system was not properly shut
>>> down; automatic recovery in progress
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>> <2016-08-03 08:42:39 BRT FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
>>>2016-08-03 08:42:39 BRT TIP: Another postmaster (PID 2968) is running
>> under the data directory "C: / Program >Files / PostgreSQL / 9.5 / data"?
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>> These errors point to the source of your problem. When the database is
>> shutdown imporperly
>> (as in pulling the plug or manual power down), you often get left with
>> the postmaster.pid file not beeing deleted.
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> Or Postgres is actually running and doing the below would not be good.
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>> So just go ahead and delete /PostgreSQL/9.5/data/postmaster.pid and you
>> can then restart the PostgreSQL service.
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> It is a good idea to verify before deleting.
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