Thread: PGAdmin crashes on Windows if the file pgpass.conf locally does not exist

<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I installed
pgAdmin1.6.3 on Windows XP Czech version</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">AfterI could log in to the database, the program displayed the message it
cannotwrite the file</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">"c:\Documentsand Settings\linhart1\Data aplikací\postgresql\pgpass.conf"
</span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">(The „application data“ directory is
localizedto „data aplikací“ on czech windows)</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Andafter I confirmed this message, the program crashed.</span><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Thegiven file and not even the directory</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-US"style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">c:\Documents and Settings\linhart1\Data
aplikací\postgresql</span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">existed.</span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">AfterI created the directory only, it did not helped, but after I created
thefile itself</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">c:\Documents
andSettings\linhart1\Data aplikací\postgresql\pgpass.conf</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">withone comment line the bug did not appeared.</span><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanlang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span
lang="EN-US"style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">This is not a terrible bug, but it could be problem for some
lessskilled windows users...</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">           With best regards</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><pclass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">                       Archie</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"></span></div>

Artur Linhart - PostgresQL Comunication wrote:
> I installed pgAdmin 1.6.3 on Windows XP Czech version
> 
> After I could log in to the database, the program displayed the
> message it cannot write the file
> 
> "c:\Documents and Settings\linhart1\Data
> aplikací\postgresql\pgpass.conf"
> 
> (The „application data“ directory is localized to „data aplikací“ on 
> czech windows)
>  
> And after I confirmed this message, the program crashed.
> 
> The given file and not even the directory
> 
> c:\Documents and Settings\linhart1\Data aplikací\postgresql
> 
> existed.
> 
> After I created the directory only, it did not helped, but after I 
> created the file itself
> 
> c:\Documents and Settings\linhart1\Data
> aplikací\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> 
> with one comment line the bug did not appeared.

I'm sure this was fixed once, but perhaps it was only in the development
code. Please test 1.8.0 RC1.

Regards. Dave