Hi Harald, I have tried to install the database silently, according to that document you gave me http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html but the documentation seems to be out of date... As the document specifies... Normal none Normal interactive user installation Reduced /qr No user interaction. "Full size" progress window including progress descriptions. Basic /qb No user interaction. Just a basic progressbar and not full descriptions. Silent /qn No user information at all. Yet, these switches don't do what they say. /qr - still requires user interaction /qb - shows no progress bar, in fact it shows nothing. My hard drive light flashes, but when finished, nothing is installed and the BASEDIR is still empty! Please help. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harald Armin Massa Sent: 23 May 2006 08:43 AM To: Greg Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Installing PostGreSQL automatically Greg, all the registry-entries are for "convenience", that is: to make it possible for the installer to check if PostgreSQL is installed. So to use PostgreSQL on Win32, simple distribute the files found within <programs>PostgreSQL/8.1/ from a normal installation. ["normal" is quite a challenge nontheless, as "normally" client & server libs are distributed; together with PG-Admin in default installation] Your challenge in not using the installer remains: a) arranging the path correctly so that all libs are found b) creating a user with appropriate privilges [in corporate environments that is often better done by whatever user administration tool they use] c) creating the service [check pg_ctl --help] d) initialising the datadir (initdb --help) I tried to went down that road because of problems with earlier pg-installers (8.0.0 beta and before); and it was harder than it sounds, so I moved back to the installer. I recommend to you to do the same - or report back your sucess. On http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/ you can find the source to the installer; to recheck what exactly that MSI is doing; maybe Installshield is even able to "include" the MSI definitions from there (they are made for the "free" tools from MS to build installers) Best wishes Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Reinsburgstraße 202b 70197 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 - PostgreSQL - supported by a community that does not put you on hold ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match