On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:19:25 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <B05532@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It says, > pg_ctl: 5432: not found > postmaster successfully started pg_ctl doesn't take a -p argument for the port. -p is reserved for the path to the postmaster. Try: pg_ctl -D /home/data/www/pg7/data start Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate