Re: PGSQL 8-beta For WinXP Home Edition Instructions

The 8.beta is a native Win32 port.  You don't need Cygwin.  Just click
on it and install it as a normal app.

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operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:
>  Can anybody help get me started here?  I've downloaded the 8-beta .msi file and ran set up on my XP Home laptop.
NowI have no clue what to do. 
>
> I followed Carlo's web tutorial and got almost all the way through the Cygwin install for 7.4.3 (many, many times),
but,alas, I ended here... 
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> When I type in the three lines of code - cygrunsrv --install postmaster ...  --shutdown, I get the following error:
>
> cygrunsrv: Error installing a service: OpenService: win32 error 1073: The specified service exists already.
>
> When I type in cygrunsrv:  --start postmaster, I get the following error:
>
> cygrunsrv:  Error starting a service: StartService: Win32 error 1069: The service did not start due to logon failure.
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> That's when I quite that route and went with the version 8-beta.  The only problem is, I haven't seen any
instructionsthat make a lick of sense to me. 
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.  I really want to standardize on PGSQL rather than MySQL, but this whole painful
processhas left my head ringing. 
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I will post a tutorial of what I did to get PGSQL up and running if I'm able
todo it.  If not, I guess I have to go with MySQL even though I would prefer not to go that route. 
>
> TIA...
>
>
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