On Apr 15, 4:17 pm, ray <Ray.Jos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Apr 15, 3:15 pm, ray <Ray.Jos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have just installed pgsql on a Windows XP from my administrator > <snip> I closed down everything and tried to start back up and failed. From pgAdmin, there is a red 'x' in the icon for my new server. When I try to connect to the server I get an error message entitled "Server doesn't listen". In a command window, I have this interaction: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>"pg_ctl" -D "Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/ data" -l logfile start server starting C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>pg_ctl stop -m fast pg_ctl: PID file "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist Is server running? The Properties tab shows: Connected? No So it looks like neither method works now. The log file contains: postgres cannot access the server configuration file "C:/Program Files/ PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/ data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory It looks like there are two problems here: 1) The part of the string /8.3/ data/ has a space in it before 'data'. The actual path does not. I don't know how to get it pointed to the right location. 2) There seems to be redundant locations. I also have that same conf file in: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data I think this later location is correct. Should I try to point it in the right direction (how?) or should I attempt to reinstall the whole thing? I would appreciate any comments. Thanks, Ray -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
