after installing pgsql-6.5 ( on a machine with pgsql-6.4.2 installed and running ), initdb creates a PG_VERSION file that still reports 6.4; subsequent psql connections fail to connect, complaining about "no compatible version of postgres found". before you ask: yes, ive made sure that im using 6.5's initdb. yes, ive made sure that initdb is looking in the 6.5 dir for its template. yes, its writing to a 6.5 dir. so, errr, what gives? --- Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://www.toodarkpark.org "The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."