On Apr 21, 9:55 am, plk.zu...@xxxxxxxxx (Filip Rembiałkowski) wrote: > 2009/4/20 ray <Ray.Jos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > I have been having troubles getting 8.3 running on Windows XP. My > > last couple of attempts have been to install 8.3 in a folder off the > > root rather than off of 'Program Files'. Since I ‘uninstalled’ it, I > > have not been able to get a good installation. I have tried many > > times. I use Control Panels Add&Remove to remove 8.3 and then I go > > through the registry and remove any remaining entries tjat address > > 'postgres'. When I start a new install, it always points to c: > > \program files\postg… which I change on the setup page to the new c: > > \pghome. I have a leftover environmental variable pgdata which points > > to c:\pghome\8.3\data. But this folder never gets built anymore. > > That is, there is not data folder. > > > Any ideas on how I can get this built? > > > I am installing this from an administrator account and I have a > > postgres account that is a power user. I have tried but can not > > install from that account. The PostgreSQL notes say that it is no > > longer necessary to operate from a non-administrator account so I > > tried to do things from the admin account and when it doesn’t work, I > > try it from the postgres power user account. So far, neither have > > worked. But I am guessing that is due to the no ‘data’ folder. > > > Ray > > which installer are you using? (please share exact url where you downloaded > it)? which version is it? did you remove postgres account after > uninstalling? (the installer should create it IIRC) > > to build data directory you can use initdb tool. > > -- > Filip Rembiałkowski > JID,mailto:filip.rembialkow...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://filip.rembialkowski.net/- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Filip, Thank you for showing me the holes in what I thought would be a complete account. I appreciate your detailed review. I downloaded 8.3.7 from http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp/binary/v8.3.7/win32/postgresql-8.3.7-1.zip. I downloaded a couple of times from the same and diffferent mirrors. Sometimes the installation would state that there was an error and that the installation file may have been bad. I did not collect any information as to which sites this occured from. I removed the postgres account from the OS before the last installation process. A new postges OS account was not setup by the installer. After connecting to a new server, a postgres database was shown along with another that used my OS logon name. Ray -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
