Re: postgreSQL NT4 - Mailing list pgsql-ports

Just an FYI, the following error occures from the psql shell as well.

template1=# CREATE DATABASE SoCalMOADB;
ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: Could not initialize database directory. Delete failed
as well
template1=#

Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:

> Hi!
>
> At 19:51 16.08.00 -0700, you wrote:
> >It's running. I have been able to create tables run SQL etc.  But still not
> >been able to create databases using createDb in bash.
> >
> >Note:  I also installed it on a win 2000, it's running as well.  But I am
> >haveing similar problems running any pgsql commands at all under bash.
>
> Thanks for the info...
>
> >D:\postgreSQL\bin>bash
> >bash-2.04$ createDb -h localhost socaldata
> >bash: createDb: command not found
> >bash-2.04$
>
> It's 'createdb' not 'createDb'.
>
> >Any ideas would be helpful.
> >
> >Mohammed Abdel'al wrote:
> >
> > > How u did?
> > > I am dieing to get it running
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Fredrick Bartlett" <palmtreefrb@earthlink.net>
> > > To: <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:32 PM
> > > Subject: [PORTS] postgreSQL NT4
> > >
> > > > Finally got it running on NT4,  need a little help with creating
> > > > databases...
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I get the below error trying to run createDb.  It creates the
> > > > physical directory,  but does not "Catalog" it.
> > > >
> > > > bash-2.04$ createdb -h localhost soCalMOADB
> > > > ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: Could not initialize database directory. Delete
> > > > failed
> > > > as well
> > > > createdb: database creation failed
> > > > bash-2.04$
> > > >
>
> Yepp. Seen this too. Dunno where THAT comes from. Needs looking into it.
> On top of that, the distro is missing a 'less' command (psql uses it...).
> Easy fix for that: get the 'less' package from http://sourceware.cygnus.com,
> and install the exe in you INSTALLPATH/bin directory. Will be included in
> the next release.
>
> Sorting out the above mentioned bug can take some days, as I'm off for a short
> trip :-(
>
> Perhaps anyone else can shed some light on the symptom above? Ever seen it
> before?
> Me not!
>
> Greetings, Joe
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