Re: BUG #5668: initdb failed to create postgres database

Got the pgAdminIII .12. Connects fine.

Thanks.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> "Dan Posey" <dan.posey@gmail.com> writes:
> > initdb did create the directory structure and and files but there is no
> > postgres database.
>
> > Can login using psql but no postgres database. Same after creating
> > connection with pgAdmin.
>
> > Error: column "datconfig" does not exist..........
>
> That error suggests that you're using some client-side tool that hasn't
> been updated for 9.0 yet.  pg_database.datconfig is no more.
>
> In a quick test here, 8.4 psql is able to connect to a 9.0 database.
> I don't see an error from \l, although it's entirely possible that
> some other backslash commands might fall over as a result of expecting
> datconfig to be there.  I don't have pgAdmin handy to try, but if you
> are using a pre-9.0 version then you should definitely update it.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>