> _____________________________________________
> From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Holmes Co UK
> Sent: 07 June 2004 13:14
> To: pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org
> Cc: 'Chris Holmes (E-mail)'
> Subject: [pgsql-hackers-win32] INITDB
>
>
> Okay.. totally a windows person... But I need to play around with
> postgresql for a customer.... So downloaded 7.5 followed the
> instructions down to the initdb -L (or -D) then path to database....
>
> I get "this application failed to start because libpq.dll was not
> found, re-installing the application may fix this problem"
>
> I have tried just that- I even tried just executing initdb and got
> same result.
>
> Any help would be appreciated as its seems that if I succeed the rest
> of the project could provide good testing for the coders
>
That's 'one of those windows things' that hasn't been sorted yet :-)
Just add C:\<installation directory>\lib to the system path and
everything should be fine.
Regards, Dave.
