On Mar 18, 5:07 pm, r...@xxxxxx ("Raymond O'Donnell") wrote: > On 18/03/2009 21:10, ray wrote: > > > I downloaded the 8.3 exe for Windows (XP) and started the > > installation. When it got near the end, a warning window opened > > stating "Problem running post-install step. Installation may not > > complete correctly. Failed to start the database server." > > Did you select the option to log the installation? If you didn't, > uninstall if you can, then try it again, and if it still doesn't work > post the log here (or at least the bits showing errors). > > Ray. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland > r...@xxxxxx > Galway Cathedral Recitals:http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Raymond, I do not see an opportunity to request a log to be written. From the Psotgre site, I downloaded: postgresql-8.3.7-1-windows.exe There isn't an entry in the Control Panel to remove PostgreSQL. When I rerun the installation, it detects that there is an existing one and says it will update. Then it asked what I want to do with some of the conflicts (which I said "Ignore"). Ray - Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general