>You didn't build/compile it yourself did you? PostgreSQL ships prebuilt with >Cygwin these days - it took me about 10 minutes to get going with 7.1.3 the >other day. If you run the Cygwin setup program, make sure you select >PostgreSQL as an app to install. Then just follow the instructions in >/usr/doc/postgresql-7.1.3/README
As a newbee, I had to: - download and install cygwin (Postgresql executables included), - read the cygwin list, - create a postgres user and log on it (otherwise, you have to use ssh), - install the IPC daemon as a service, - run initdb, - install postmaster as a service. This takes 4 hours when no access to the README. I agree it takes less time with the README. The large audience of Windows users need a proper installer. Or they are not going to make it at all... Later, /JMP
