On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Gurjeet Singh <singh.gurjeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Why you have a PG 8.2 data directory under /usr/local/postgresql_8.3 >> is another question entirely... > > OP has data directory in /base/data, /usr/local/postgresql_8.3/data is the > default from the installer. > ... > Data Directory [/usr/local/postgresql_8.3/data]: /base/data > ... > Yeah, I get that - I designed the installer to work that way, and to check that a pre-existing data directory is of the correct catalog version before allowing the user to proceed. What I was getting at was why the OP appears to have an 8.2 data directory under a directory called 'postgresql_8.3'. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com