I just can't understand the use of this PGDATA variable!!!!! -I am on FC3. (pgl 7.4) -I am installing rpms and then running /etc/init.d/postgresql start (which is done by default) -The resulting "data" directory is in /var/lib/pgsql/data I now want the "data" directory to be on /home3/myreallylargepartition/pgsql/data so: -I login as postgres -I change .bash_profile so that PGDATA points at the new directory -I restart the server by doing a "/etc/init.d/postgresql restart" Shouldn't any new tables I create be in the new area?!!!!! Thanks.