Thread: PostgreSQL 8 for Win32 -- installation problem
When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on Windows XP with
Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today; 2005-Jan-04), I get the following
error message (filename is "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"):
Windows Installer
[Yellow Triangle "!"]
Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform
paths are valid.
I would like to experiment with this on Windows because I have some
customers who would like to use it on Windows XP (and replace an existing
database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.).
Thanks in advance.
> When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on > Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today; > 2005-Jan-04), I get the following error message (filename is > "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"): > > Windows Installer > [Yellow Triangle "!"] > Error applying transforms. Verify that the > specified transform paths are valid. > > I would like to experiment with this on Windows because > I have some customers who would like to use it on Windows XP > (and replace an existing database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.). You are aware that this is the japanese version, right? (Just checking since you appear to be from a non-japanese address). If not, and this is an OS that does not have japanese charactersets installed, that could well be the reason. If it's supposed to be the japanese version, I'll turn you over to Hiroshi Saito who's done that port :-) //Magnus
Hi. Have a happy new year !:-) Hmm.. Will I have to put the check that Japanese(ja) doesn't move in Japanese version (MS932) others? regards, Hiroshi Saito > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> > To: "Randolf Richardson" <rr@8x.ca>; <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org> > > > > When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on > > Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today; > > 2005-Jan-04), I get the following error message (filename is > > "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"): > > > > Windows Installer > > [Yellow Triangle "!"] > > Error applying transforms. Verify that the > > specified transform paths are valid. > > > > I would like to experiment with this on Windows because > > I have some customers who would like to use it on Windows XP > > (and replace an existing database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.). > > You are aware that this is the japanese version, right? (Just checking > since you appear to be from a non-japanese address). If not, and this is > an OS that does not have japanese charactersets installed, that could > well be the reason. > > If it's supposed to be the japanese version, I'll turn you over to > Hiroshi Saito who's done that port :-) > > //Magnus
"Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca>" wrote in pgsql.ports:
> "mha@sollentuna.net ("Magnus Hagander")" wrote in pgsql.ports:
>
>>> When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on
>>> Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today;
>>> 2005-Jan-04), I get the following error message (filename is
>>> "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"):
>>>
>>> Windows Installer
>>> [Yellow Triangle "!"]
>>> Error applying transforms. Verify that the
>>> specified transform paths are valid.
>>>
>>> I would like to experiment with this on Windows because
>>> I have some customers who would like to use it on Windows XP
>>> (and replace an existing database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.).
>>
>> You are aware that this is the japanese version, right? (Just checking
>> since you appear to be from a non-japanese address). If not, and this
>> is an OS that does not have japanese charactersets installed, that
>> could well be the reason.
>>
>> If it's supposed to be the japanese version, I'll turn you over to
>> Hiroshi Saito who's done that port :-)
>
> Thank you for your immediate and helpful response...
>
> No, actually I wasn't aware that it was the Japanese version.
> I just chose the one with the most recent date and assumed that the "-ja"
> suffix indicated something to do with Java support (Japan's ISO country
> code is actually "JP" so I didn't even guess perhaps a "-japanese"
> suffix or an "00index.txt" file with descriptions could be helpful).
>
> I'm downloading "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2.zip" right now and will
> post an update here shortly.
Update: That's the correct file. Thanks!
"mha@sollentuna.net ("Magnus Hagander")" wrote in pgsql.ports:
>> When attempting to install PostgreSQL 8 for Windows (on
>> Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all updates as of today;
>> 2005-Jan-04), I get the following error message (filename is
>> "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2-ja.msi"):
>>
>> Windows Installer
>> [Yellow Triangle "!"]
>> Error applying transforms. Verify that the
>> specified transform paths are valid.
>>
>> I would like to experiment with this on Windows because
>> I have some customers who would like to use it on Windows XP
>> (and replace an existing database engine by SyBASE, MySQL, etc.).
>
> You are aware that this is the japanese version, right? (Just checking
> since you appear to be from a non-japanese address). If not, and this is
> an OS that does not have japanese charactersets installed, that could
> well be the reason.
>
> If it's supposed to be the japanese version, I'll turn you over to
> Hiroshi Saito who's done that port :-)
Thank you for your immediate and helpful response...
No, actually I wasn't aware that it was the Japanese version. I just
chose the one with the most recent date and assumed that the "-ja" suffix
indicated something to do with Java support (Japan's ISO country code is
actually "JP" so I didn't even guess perhaps a "-japanese" suffix or an
"00index.txt" file with descriptions could be helpful).
I'm downloading "postgresql-8.0.0-rc2.zip" right now and will post an
update here shortly.
>Hi. > >Have a happy new year !:-) > >Hmm.. >Will I have to put the check that Japanese(ja) doesn't move in >Japanese version (MS932) others? I don't think so, but it's probably a good idea to include a readme.txt file in the next ZIP file that states that it's the japanese version, and should only be used on japanese systems. //Magnus
"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
>> Will I have to put the check that Japanese(ja) doesn't move in
>> Japanese version (MS932) others?
> I don't think so, but it's probably a good idea to include a readme.txt
> file in the next ZIP file that states that it's the japanese version,
> and should only be used on japanese systems.
Perhaps also the filename should be "-jp" not "-ja"? I agree with the
complainant that the former is more standard.
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote: > Perhaps also the filename should be "-jp" not "-ja"? I agree with > the complainant that the former is more standard. ja = Japanese (ISO 639 language code) jp = Japan (ISO 3166 country code) Since the installation pack is probably targeted at users speaking Japanese, much like the "en" installer targets users speaking English, "ja" seems to be correct. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
Dear All. Thank you for the various information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> > I don't think so, but it's probably a good idea to include a readme.txt > file in the next ZIP file that states that it's the japanese version, > and should only be used on japanese systems. I mention README.txt which will be read first, and so I will try to explain it in english and Japanese. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net> > Tom Lane wrote: > > Perhaps also the filename should be "-jp" not "-ja"? I agree with > > the complainant that the former is more standard. > > ja = Japanese (ISO 639 language code) > jp = Japan (ISO 3166 country code) > > Since the installation pack is probably targeted at users speaking > Japanese, much like the "en" installer targets users speaking English, > "ja" seems to be correct. I like the language specification, too. best regards, Hiroshi Saito