Re: Postgresql Help - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Craig Ringer
Subject Re: Postgresql Help
Date
Msg-id 480EFDE9.2080402@postnewspapers.com.au
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In response to Postgresql Help  (Monalee Bhandge <monalee_b@yahoo.com>)
List pgsql-general
Monalee Bhandge wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> I am thinking to shift my software Axbo7.1 (see
> http://axbo.co.in/ )
> to postgresql from mysql.
> I have Suse 10.2 operating system in my organization.I
> install version 8.1.5-13 successfuly.
> but when I start server as------------>
> pg_ctl start -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
> then error is----------------->
> postmaster started.
> Could not open directory "base" No such file or
> directory.
>
> If you can't help then give any of address from whom I
> can get help.

Usually when you install PostgreSQL as part of a package for a Linux
distro it will configure a database for you. You should stop, start, and
restart PostgreSQL through the init scripts the distro provides for you
in /etc/init.d/ , not using pg_ctl .

--
Craig Ringer

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