Re: Re: Why not to use 'pg_ctl start -D ../data' to register posgtresql windows service

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:27 PM, YuanyuanLiu <liuyuanyuangogo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> When we registered postgresql windows service named "postgres-9.4",
>> we can start the postgresql server by manually  starting the windows service
>> , runing command "net stop postgres-9.4" (need user with administrator
>> privilege), or runing command "pg_ctl start -D ../path/to/data".

I think you mean "net start" to start the server here and not "net stop".

> Yep. Those are two examples to stop a registered service. You could
> use "sc stop postgres-9.4" as well. Note also that when a service
> registered is stopped with pg_ctl, SCM will recognize that the service
> has been stopped.

Er... I interpreted "start" by "stop" reading your last sentence.
Please ignore this paragraph.
-- 
Michael