Frank Featherlight wrote: > > When I finally found a way around this, I tried to start the service via > Administrative Tools (Services), it gives the following error: "The > PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3-service on Local Computer has been started > and stopped. Some services stop automatically when they have nothing to do, > like Performance Logs and Alerts-service. (translated from dutch) What do PostgreSQL's logs say? It should be logging startup and shutdown information somewhere. Find your postgresql.conf and it will tell you where. Also, you said: > This is a problem since the installation won't finalize without > starting the service and so it cancels and uninstalls everything. So, does that mean you did manage to install PG? What did you do differently? > I installed this package: > http://rvgsoftware.fileburst.com/postgresql.zip > Using postgresql-8.3.msi. What is that package? Not got time to download 20GB, unzip it and individually identify each file. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
