Re: PostgreSQL 8 for Win32 -- installation problem

"mha@sollentuna.net ("Magnus Hagander")" wrote in pgsql.ports:

>>          When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on
>> Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today;
>> 2005-Jan-04), I get the following error message (filename is
>> "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"):
>>
>>                   Windows Installer
>>                   [Yellow Triangle "!"]
>>                   Error applying transforms.  Verify that the
>> specified transform paths are valid.
>>
>>          I would like to experiment with this on Windows because
>> I have some customers who would like to use it on Windows XP
>> (and replace an existing database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.).
>
> You are aware that this is the japanese version, right? (Just checking
> since you appear to be from a non-japanese address). If not, and this is
> an OS that does not have japanese charactersets installed, that could
> well be the reason.
>
> If it's supposed to be the japanese version, I'll turn you over to
> Hiroshi Saito who's done that port :-)

        Thank you for your immediate and helpful response...

        No, actually I wasn't aware that it was the Japanese version.  I just
chose the one with the most recent date and assumed that the "-ja" suffix
indicated something to do with Java support (Japan's ISO country code is
actually "JP" so I didn't even guess perhaps a "-japanese" suffix or an
"00index.txt" file with descriptions could be helpful).

        I'm downloading "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2.zip" right now and will post an
update here shortly.