Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of UsersWikiWinCompileInitdb

Timestamp:

Dec 9, 2009, 7:06:14 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

pracine

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UsersWikiWinCompileInitdb

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  1. Create a windows local user called postgres
- 1. /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
- 1. you may want to change the port in the C:/postgres/data/posgresql.conf file (in our case running under 8433 not to conflict with our regular postgres install)
- 1. Install as service: (From Dos not MingW)  -- note in this case postgres is a windows account and password you specified for the windows account.[[BR]][[BR]]     "c:\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" register -N "pgsql-8.3 test" -D "C:\postgres\data" -U postgres -P "somepassword"[[BR]][[BR]]
- 1. Go into services panel under windows and start[[BR]][[BR]]
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+ 2. /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
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+ 3. you may want to change the port in the C:/postgres/data/posgresql.conf file (in our case running under 8433 not to conflict with our regular postgres install)
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+ 4. Install as service: (From Dos not MingW)  -- note in this case postgres is a windows account and password you specified for the windows account.[[BR]][[BR]]     "c:\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" register -N "pgsql-8.3 test" -D "C:\postgres\data" -U postgres -P "somepassword"
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+ 5. Go into services panel under windows and start[[BR]][[BR]]
   a. If your service does not start - check the Windows Event Viewer[[BR]][[BR]]
   a. You can uninstall the service with:[[BR]][[BR]]   "c:\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" unregister -N "pgsql-8.3 test" (this requires a restart)[[BR]][[BR]]A faster way is to stop the service and then from dos:[[BR]][[BR]]