On 29/03/2010 18:38, Mark Vantzelfde wrote:
> I am running 8.4 on a Windows Vista system. The software was installed using
> the auto-install process. PostgreSQL starts successfully as a service when
> the system boots. The running postgres* processes can be verified via Task
> Manager. I can run psql from the command prompt. I have the PGDATA env
> variable set to the folder where the PostgreSQL data sits. Running the
> pg_ctl status command from the command prompt returns "pg_ctl: no server
> running". Ideas why pg_ctl doesn't know about the running services?
Have you tried running it with the -D option instead of the env
variable? No idea if it will make any difference...just a wild guess.
Ray.
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