The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4706 Logged by: Norbert Neubauer Email address: norbe...@post.pl PostgreSQL version: 8.3.6-2 Operating system: Windows XP PRO Description: Cannot change data directory path Details:
Today I reinstalled my computer I use for software development. I installed latest PostgreSQL for windows (from postgresql-8.3.6-2.zip). I decided that I want to move postgresql data folder to different drive than C. What I found. 1. I can change data folder during postgres install, but if D drive was chosen, the postgres would not start 2. Installed with default settings and when I used installer to modify the installation settings (in order to change the data directory location) the setup failed with the following error: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error ... the error code is 2864". 3. If I change the data folder location to d: via regedit and want to start postgres I got the following error in event viewer: 2009-03-15 13:08:21 GMT FATAL: data directory "D:/PGSQLData" does not exist And I tried all the combinations I could think of, which is: d:\PGSQLData\ d:\\PGSQLData\\ d:\PGSQLData d:\\PGSQLData d:/PGSQLData/ d:/PGSQLData None of them worked. Brgs Norbert -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
