>
> on one of the AIX4.3.3,
> the 7.1.3 pgsql is installed by root on the system,
> then I tried to install
> 7.3.1/or 7.3.2 under another non-root user,
> I can run make, make check, make install,
> postmaster can start without errors, but when
> I try to createdb, here're some errors -
>
> createdb emrxdbs
> ERROR: 'autocommit' is not a valid option name
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> then I issued,
> postgre7.3.2>psql template1
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "."
> Welcome to psql 7.3.2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> Type: \copyright for distribution terms
> \h for help with SQL commands
> \? for help on internal slash commands
> \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> \q to quit
>
> template1=> select version();
> version
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0, compiled by cc
> (1 row)
>
> template1=>
>
> it picks the older version and always having a parser error!!
>
> Any hints?
>
You'll probably need to set a second PGPORT to make two versions
run. See the docs.
Regards, Christoph