On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Shahbaz A. Tyagi <shahbaz.tyagi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How can we make PostgreSQL db up and running with out using installer i.e. > we want to build the db internally and ship the db along with our > application and let our application run the DB. We don't want to include the > PostgreSQL installer along with our installer and create the db while > installing. It's trivial to do this on every platform but windows. On windows, first thing you need to do is take a look at silent mode install through the installer and makes sure that this is not a good solution for you. If not, you have to have the following ducks in order: create user account: can do with net command make sure have service rights: google ntrights.exe install service: pg_ctl can do this switch cmd.exe current user: runas automatic password entry to runas: sanur.exe run initdb You can also code your own install in C, of course. This requires expert level windows coding though. Also you have to watch out for things like automatic password expiration, and various other windows nuisances. If (and only if) you are on a secure network you can save some headaches by compiling out the administrative user check. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
