'''===Initialize PostgreSQL cluster and run as server for compiled version ==='''

'''This is still a work in progress ''' [UsersWikiWinCompile Back to windows compile]


1. Create a windows local user called postgres
2. /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -W -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
3. Install as service:

c:/postgres/bin/pg_ctl register -N "pgsql-8.3 test" -D "C:\postgres\data" -U postgres -P "somepassword"
4. go into services panel under windows and start  (you may want to change the port in the C:/postgres/data/pogstresql.conf file