Could it be that pg_ctl uses some sort of unix cmd like ps to try to determine with the postgres processes are running? Using ps from a windows command prompt does not show the postgres processes started as services.
Mark On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Mark Vantzelfde <netmasters...@gmail.com>wrote: > Same result. > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <r...@iol.ie> wrote: > >> On 29/03/2010 18:38, Mark Vantzelfde wrote: >> > I am running 8.4 on a Windows Vista system. The software was installed >> using >> > the auto-install process. PostgreSQL starts successfully as a service >> when >> > the system boots. The running postgres* processes can be verified via >> Task >> > Manager. I can run psql from the command prompt. I have the PGDATA env >> > variable set to the folder where the PostgreSQL data sits. Running the >> > pg_ctl status command from the command prompt returns "pg_ctl: no server >> > running". Ideas why pg_ctl doesn't know about the running services? >> >> Have you tried running it with the -D option instead of the env >> variable? No idea if it will make any difference...just a wild guess. >> >> Ray. >> >> -- >> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland >> r...@iol.ie >> > > > > -- > Mark Vantzelfde > NetMasters, Inc. > -- Mark Vantzelfde NetMasters, Inc.
