Hi, Peter, Peter Hardman wrote: > select version() returns > > PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 > (mingw-special) That looks correct. I also presume that your environment is not as fragile wr/t connecting do wrong databases, compared to debian with their multi-cluster multi-version script wrapper magic. Don't mind. Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in EU! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org