Thread: simple installation problem in windows system

I install PostgreSQL 8.3.3 in Windows XP, and set Path environment viarable to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin, when I enter "create database mydb;" it successed, however when "createdb mydb;" told me syntax error. Dose the Path set wrong or I need to set other viarables?

On 03/07/2008 14:40, Long Cui wrote:
> I install PostgreSQL 8.3.3 in Windows XP, and set Path environment
> viarable to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin, when I enter "create
> database mydb;" it successed, however when "createdb mydb;" told me
> syntax error. Dose the Path set wrong or I need to set other viarables?

It sounds as if you're issuing the commands from within psql - hence the
standard SQL "create database...." works, but "createdb.." won't.

createdb is just a wrapper program that sends a "create database..."
command to the server, so you need to run it from the Windows command-line.

Ray.

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Many thanks
Now I enter c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin\createdb mydb;
PG asks me password
Is the password as superadmin's password or postgre's password what I set when postgresql installed in windows
I try both, but does not work" user administrator password fail"
so How to log on as superadmin.

long

On 04/07/2008 15:03, Long Cui wrote:

> Now I enter c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin\createdb mydb;
> PG asks me password
> Is the password as superadmin's password or postgre's password what I
> set when postgresql installed in windows
> I try both, but does not work" user administrator password fail"
> so How to log on as superadmin.

A lot of this basic stuff is pretty accessible in the documentation -
have you read up on it there?

Having said that, what you need to do is use the -U option to specify
the Postgres user to use for the connection; if you don't, Postgres will
try to authenticate you as the Windows account under which you're logged
in. Look it up in the docs.

Ray.

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On 04/07/2008 15:36, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:

> Having said that, what you need to do is use the -U option to specify
> the Postgres user to use for the connection; if you don't, Postgres will
> try to authenticate you as the Windows account under which you're logged
> in. Look it up in the docs.

....or try createdb --help for a list of options.

Ray.

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