On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Jolles, Peter M (GE Energy) <peter.jolles@xxxxxx> wrote: > I apologize for the seeming dumb questions, but I have tried to start > the database using the following command: > > postgres --single -D "d:/database" mydatabase > > That gets me a new line in my command prompt window and nothing else. > Postgres 8.4 at least throws a warning if I am not logged in as an under > Does the user you are logged in under have write permission to the d:/database directory? What you should get is a postgres command line prompt. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general