Joe <svn@freedomcircle.net> wrote:
> Peter Billen wrote:
> > Sorry for my quick message and 3 replies in a row. I forgot to do 'initdb'
> > before starting the database. Everything works flawless now.
>
> I'm glad you worked it out. I forgot to mention something: you had said
> that
> you didn't want to install PostgreSQL as a service because you didn't want to
> have it started automatically every time Windows booted up. Well, you can
> install it as a service and still control when it gets started. After the
> service is installed, you can go to the Services applet in the Control Panel,
> left click on PostgreSQL and open its Properties, and then select Startup
> type
> "Manual". Then when you want to start it, you can do so from the Services
> applet, or from the command line/Run dialog box using the command NET START.
Cool! Thanks for pointing that out Joe.
--
Peter
