> Thank you for the reply. > But then are you saying I don't even really need to use the > MSI in the first place? > I can just copy the files to a folder. Then run initdb and pg_ctl? Sure. The MSI is just a convenient way to get everything into place, and to set icons and stuff. > I am bundling PostGreSQL with my software package. And will > be using Installshield to copy my program files to the client > computer. > Now can I just get the PostGresql folder, put it where I > want, then Run initdb and pg_ctl? Yes, certainly. If you just need the backend, you will just need that and possibly set some permissions. You can look at the code to pginstaller (http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/) to get details of exactly what it does. Much of the code is to deal with service account verification and creation - if you already have this solved elsewhere, you can probably get around things much easier. //Magnus
