Raymond Naseef wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 3059
> Logged by: Raymond Naseef
> Email address: raymondnaseef@yahoo.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.2
> Operating system: Windows XP
> Description: psql to 'postgres' shortcut
> Details:
>
> The shortcut to run psql.exe added to the menus is a great think to do, but
> when the program stops the window closes with no pause or time delay.
>
> This is a serious issue if the login fails. Sometimes I forget to start the
> server, but I do not know that because I cannot read text in ~0.02 seconds.
>
> BTW, I bet some of your other .bat files have the same issue.
>
> Please run it by doing 1 or other:
> 1. Putting a "pause" at the end of the batch file.
> 2. cmd.exe /K "<command line>"
> (just note the "" for default user name will make this fail. Sorry I do
> not know how to fix that unless username has no bad-for-cmd characters in
> it, then quotes are not needed)
>
These solutions are going to make psql very annoying when it does work
properly.
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