Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
Hi, I did not run the initdb.exe and thats why i could not start the server.Here is what i did: 1. Executed initdb.exe as follows: runas /user:postgres D:\pgsql\bin\initdb.exe -D:\pgsql\data 2.Started the server by executing the following cmd: runas /user:postgres D:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -w start -D D:\pgsql\data and it started fine.Thanks to Richard and Ray ! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Raymond O'Donnell r...@iol.ie wrote: On 31/03/2009 12:14, CM J wrote: D:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data I wonder if that -P is causing trouble? According to the output of --help, there's no -P option with a START operation; however, -p is used to specify the path to the postgres binaries. Just a stab in the dark. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland r...@iol.ie Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals --
[GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
Hi, I am working on packaging postgres database in our java based application.I downloaded postgresql-8.2.12-1-binaries-no-installer.zip from the postgres site and installed it on a windows 2003 machine using administrator account.I later created a postgres service login account and changed the permissions on the postgres directory to include this user too. When logged in as administrator , i tried starting the server using the following cmd: pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable I also tried the starting the server using runas : runas /user:postgres pg_ctl.exe -wait start -D D:\pgsql\data The above too failed.Please let me know on what i am missing here. Thanks.
Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
CM J wrote: pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable That does seem to suggest it found the executable but it didn't match versions with the data directory. Do you have two copies installed? If so, you'll probably want to specify the complete path to pg_ctl -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
Hi, I don't have multiple postgres installed.Anyway, tried your suggestion to use the full path name and here is what i get: D:\pgsql\binD:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D:\pgsql\data pg_ctl: could not open PID file :/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid: Invalid argument There is no data directory created by default (i used no-installer-zip file to install postgres), so i went ahead and created a dummy data directory which gave the same result as above. Any suggestions ?? Thanks. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Richard Huxton d...@archonet.com wrote: CM J wrote: pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable That does seem to suggest it found the executable but it didn't match versions with the data directory. Do you have two copies installed? If so, you'll probably want to specify the complete path to pg_ctl -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
CM J wrote: Hi, I don't have multiple postgres installed. Hmm. OK. Anyway, tried your suggestion to use the full path name and here is what i get: D:\pgsql\binD:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D:\pgsql\data You've got a typo here - the -D has run into D:\... pg_ctl: could not open PID file :/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid: Invalid argument There is no data directory created by default (i used no-installer-zip file to install postgres), so i went ahead and created a dummy data directory which gave the same result as above. Any suggestions ?? It's probably worth checking the permissions on that directory, but I don't think it's the problem here. You have run initdb on that directory though, haven't you? If not, do that before worrying about the rest of this email. pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable Reading the error message and searching the source-code for it (always worth having a copy of the source, even if you don't read C) I found that the error message isn't being produced by pg_ctl. It's being produced by postgres - the backend itself. It's checking that it's version number matches the version number reported by running /path/to/my/dir/postgres.exe -V (grab the source and have a look in port/exec.c at about line 395). Now, that means one of three things: 1. It can't reach the current directory (permissions) 2. It can't run postgres (permissions) 3. The version-string is incorrect. I don't see how #2 is possible (pg_ctl has started postgres.exe fine) so that leaves #1 or #3. The third is easy to check run postgres.exe -V yourself and see what it says. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
Hi, Please ignore my previous mail. I had given data directory location incorrectly.Anyways,even after giving the absolute path for exe location, i get the same error message as before: D:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data *waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable* Thanks ! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:31 PM, CM J postgres.new...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I don't have multiple postgres installed.Anyway, tried your suggestion to use the full path name and here is what i get: D:\pgsql\binD:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D:\pgsql\data pg_ctl: could not open PID file :/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid: Invalid argument There is no data directory created by default (i used no-installer-zip file to install postgres), so i went ahead and created a dummy data directory which gave the same result as above. Any suggestions ?? Thanks. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Richard Huxton d...@archonet.com wrote: CM J wrote: pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable That does seem to suggest it found the executable but it didn't match versions with the data directory. Do you have two copies installed? If so, you'll probably want to specify the complete path to pg_ctl -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
[GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
Hi, I am working on packaging postgres database in our java based application.I downloaded postgresql-8.2.12-1-binaries-no-installer.zip from the postgres site and installed it on a windows 2003 machine using administrator account.I later created a postgres service login account and changed the permissions on the postgres directory to include this user too. When logged in as administrator , i tried starting the server using the following cmd: pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data However, i get the following error message: waiting for server to start...FATAL: postgres: could not locate matching postgres executable I also tried the starting the server using runas : runas /user:postgres pg_ctl.exe -wait start -D D:\pgsql\data The above too failed.Please let me know on what i am missing here. Thanks. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
Re: [GENERAL] Postgres: Packaging Server Startup
On 31/03/2009 12:14, CM J wrote: D:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl.exe -U postgres -P mypasswd -w start -D D:\pgsql\data I wonder if that -P is causing trouble? According to the output of --help, there's no -P option with a START operation; however, -p is used to specify the path to the postgres binaries. Just a stab in the dark. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland r...@iol.ie Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals -- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
