Re: BUG #1812: installation

> Bug reference:      1812
> Logged by:          Donald Bahari
> Email address:      baharid@yahoo.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Operating system:   Windows XP Home SP2
> Description:        installation
> Details:=20
>=20
> in the first screen of the installation the user was set to=20
> postgres and asked for a password, which i gave. there was an=20
> error message and i changed the user and password to=20
> something i had set up in "user accounts" in "control panel".=20
> in control panel i couldn't set up a user "postgres", but i=20
> could set up a different user(e.g. donbah) with a password=20
> and then change the name the name to "postgres", but the=20
> installation gave an error message, so i had to change the=20
> user to "donbah" and use the password i set in control panel.=20
> then i could complete the installation. since i am a beginner=20
> and trying to learn by following from a book, i don't know if=20
> its ok to proceed. i also had difficulty with the=20
> "createuser" command.

Not much we can say without seeing the actual error message you
received...

Out of interest, which book discusses the postgresql installer for
win32? I wasn't aware there was one out yet :-)

//Magnus