On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Massa, Harald Armin <chef@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave, >> >> > >> > IIRC, that was modeled on where Microsofts own SQL Server put it's >> > data files by default. Does anybody know if that has changed recently? >> >> It hasn't. I checked 2008 this morning. >> > > And how does SQL Server fiddle that with Windows 7? My experience is that W7 > is "not amused" when trying to put data below Programs and Files (x86), as I > described within: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2009-01/msg00783.php I have no idea how SQL Server does it. There was a minor amount of magic required to get our installers to work without Windows trying to redirect the writes, but I forget what that was exactly now. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general