On occasions I have had similar errors when starting up. I'm using Mandrake 7.0.3-2mdk RPMs on Mandrake 7.2. The server still starts and runs OK.
Have done a complete reinstall since the last time I had this error so can be of little more help.
Regards
Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: 03 February 2001 20:18
> To: Belcher, Jim
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 7.0 configuration
>
>
> "Belcher, Jim" <JBelcher@elastic.com> writes:
> > When the system boots, and Postgres is attempting to
> > start, I get the following error: 564, unary operator expected.
>
> I don't believe any part of Postgres itself issues such an error code.
> Perhaps the message is coming out of your shell, which would suggest
> some portability problem in the pg_ctl shell script. Try running
> pg_ctl by hand and/or inserting debugging echo commands to see if you
> can narrow down where the problem is.
>
> What platform are you on, anyway?
>
> regards, tom lane
>