Re: PostgreSQL on Windows

Could it be that pg_ctl uses some sort of unix cmd like ps to try to
determine with the postgres processes are running? Using ps from a windows
command prompt does not show the postgres processes started as services.

Mark

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Mark Vantzelfde <netmasters(dot)ma(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> Same result.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:
>
>> On 29/03/2010 18:38, Mark Vantzelfde wrote:
>> > I am running 8.4 on a Windows Vista system. The software was installed
>> using
>> > the auto-install process. PostgreSQL starts successfully as a service
>> when
>> > the system boots. The running postgres* processes can be verified via
>> Task
>> > Manager. I can run psql from the command prompt. I have the PGDATA env
>> > variable set to the folder where the PostgreSQL data sits. Running the
>> > pg_ctl status command from the command prompt returns "pg_ctl: no server
>> > running". Ideas why pg_ctl doesn't know about the running services?
>>
>> Have you tried running it with the -D option instead of the env
>> variable? No idea if it will make any difference...just a wild guess.
>>
>> Ray.
>>
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>> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
>> rod(at)iol(dot)ie
>>
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> Mark Vantzelfde
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