> I am using PostgreSQL 8.3 on Windows XP SP2. > > I am getting this strange error while initdb: > > Part of the error message i get, > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale English_United > States.1252. > > The default database encoding has accordingly been set to WIN1252. > The default text search configuration will be set to "english". > > fixing permissions on existing directory C:/postgres/data ... ok > creating subdirectories ... initdb: could not create directory > "C:/postgres": File exists > initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/postgres/data" > > I have a directory structure as : > C:\ > ->Postgres > -->bin > -->lib > -->share > Now i get this error, when i tried to do initdb setting my PGDATA to > C:\postgres\data which is an empty directory and i am running it (initdb) > as administrator user. Could you post the exact steps, settings and output? That makes it a lot easier to determine the exact issue. Also, have you checked the event log? Regards, Serge Fonville -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
