I have to do a lot of testing which involves uninstalling PostgreSQL
completely sometimes, but there is a lot of crud still left around after
an uninstall.
1) the installation directory with PostgreSQL droppings - I have to go
manually remove it. I do not know why the uninstaller does not blo
On 11/10/11 1:30 PM, J.V. wrote:
Can anyone get me started on where to checkout the postgreSQL
installer code and fix it so that it is no longer broken? I may need
to ask a few questions so if I can be put in touch with the
uninstaller team, would really like to get this fixed and go back and
yes, this is on windows.
Currently removing the data directory and the postgresql user is not
optional. It fails and does not remove those two items.
There must be 30+ registry keys still there as well.
What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry:
1. that has a data value m
On 11/10/11 2:18 PM, J.V. wrote:
What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry:
1. that has a data value matching the pattern '*postgres*'
2. that has a directory value matching the pattern '*postgres*'
3. that has a key name matching the pattern '*postgres*'
these r
On 11/11/2011 06:18 AM, J.V. wrote:
yes, this is on windows.
Currently removing the data directory and the postgresql user is not
optional. It fails and does not remove those two items.
There must be 30+ registry keys still there as well.
What I am looking to do is to delete any registry entry
So if there is only one versin of postgeSQL installed and no other
products with the name "postgres", which I am guessing is very typical
in most instances, can I change the uninstaller to delete/remove
everything that this installer installed?
If there is another instance, it would leave the
On 11/22/11 2:47 PM, J.V. wrote:
So if there is only one versin of postgeSQL installed and no other
products with the name "postgres", which I am guessing is very typical
in most instances, can I change the uninstaller to delete/remove
everything that this installer installed?
If there is ano
On 11/23/2011 06:47 AM, J.V. wrote:
So if there is only one versin of postgeSQL installed and no other
products with the name "postgres", which I am guessing is very typical
in most instances, can I change the uninstaller to delete/remove
everything that this installer installed?
The installer