Stephen Ince wrote:
> I am looking to embed postgres into an application on windows. I am
> fine with it being a separate service. Here is what I am looking to do.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
This is the wrong list to ask this question. Next time try general list.
What you're looking for is silent installation [1].
> 2) Start postgres when the app starts.
> 3) Stop postgres when the app stops.
pg_ctl?
> 4) Minimize the amount of postgres processes.
>
You can't. It's by design.
[1] http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html
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