Hello I have the same problem, discussed earlier in the groups, but not even able to solve it and run psql/creatdb etc., of postgres. I have tried uncommenting the TCPIP_SOCKET=True and port= lines in the postgressql.conf inside my data directory.
I am not using cygwin too on windows environment. But my database server gets up and running. Here is the screen shot of interactions with postgresSQL------------------- D:\POSTGR~1\AUROVI~1>pg_ctl start -D Aurovi postmaster successfully started D:\POSTGR~1\AUROVI~1>psql -d Aurovi psql: could not create socket: An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used. (0x0000273F) An earlier reponse will help me out to get started and going ahead with my application. Thanx a lot Krishna Sudha ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match