Elian Carsenat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description NT Binary V7.0 - postgres fails start cause PG_VERSION Long Description NT Binary V7.0 - postgres fails to start because PG_VERSION not recognized properly (windows char encoding ?) See example code. Thanks guys for your great database! Sample Code C:\pgsql\bin>postgres.exe 1>postgres.log DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Tue Nov 14 09:34:39 2000 DEBUG: Data Base System was interrupted being in production at Tue Nov 14 09:34 :14 2000 DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Tue Nov 14 09:34:39 2000 FATAL 1: Version number in file 'C:\pgsql\data/PG_VERSION' should be 7.0 , not 7.0 No file was uploaded with this report