Thread: BUG #1007: error during installation

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1007
Logged by:          Wong Choon Hen
Email address:      chwong@xylog.com.my
PostgreSQL version: 7.4
Operating system:   Windows XP
Description:        error during installation
Details:

When running the following command as instructed:-

nmake -f win32.mak

I got the error message as follows:-

This application has failed to start because mspdb71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this
problem.

Please advise.


Thanks & regards

PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:
> This application has failed to start because mspdb71.dll was not
> found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
>

This has nothing to do with Postgres. "mspdb71.dll" is part of Visual
Studio .Net -- look in:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE".

More than likely you neglected to run vsvars32.bat to set up your
environment correctly.

HTH,

Joe