"Devinder K Rajput" <Devinder.Rajput@ipaper.com> writes:
> I have installed 7.3 in /usr/local/pgsql. However, I want the system
> tables, config files, etc. located in the /data/db/system directory. I am
> able to do "initdb -D PGDATA" (PGDATA = /data/db/system) and it works fine.
> However, when I try to create a database, createdb tells me that it cannot
> find /usr/local/pgsql/data/global/1262 (which i assume is template1).
You have not mentioned the step where you start the postmaster --- but
you need to make sure you give that same -D switch to the postmaster.
regards, tom lane
