I should add that I have no problems running Postgres in Windows 7. The Windows installer works Ok for me. In this thread I am not clear about whether it is postgres data (data written and read by PostgreSQL) or user data that is being discussed.
Regards Andrew On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: > 2010/7/8 el dorado <do_ra...@mail.ru>: >> Thank you for your answers. >> Well, the beginning of the story in details is here >> (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2010-06/msg01135.php). >> Shortly, I tried to use functions from my own dll, but got an error "Could >> not open relation base\16123\16222: No such file or directory". Later I >> found out, using 'Process Monitor', that for some reason process >> 'postgres.exe' looked for this relation not in >> 'C:\PostgreSQL\8.4\data\base\16123\16222' but in >> 'C:\Users\postgres\AppData\Roaming\MyApplicationName\base\16123\16222' - >> certainly, there is no such file. >> >> >>> Did you check, that registry key "Data Directory" is set properly in >>> "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-8.4" >>> folder? >> Usually I don't use standard Windows Installer but take binaries. So there >> is no such branch in registry. When I tried to make test and install it from >> Installer I got the same result. :( "Data Directory" was set to PG-specific >> application dir. > > So this is an issue with an extension of your own? Can you post the code? > > You'll have to excuse us being skeptical about PostgreSQL being > fundamentally broken in the way you describe. The Windows installer > alone is downloaded tens of thousands of times per week, so I'm pretty > sure someone would have reported such an issue before now. And that's > ignoring the vast amount of testing that goes into every release, > including on 32 and 64 bit versions of XP through 7 and 2003 through > 2008R2. > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Enterprise Postgres Company > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- ___________________________________________ Andrew J. P. Maclean Centre for Autonomous Systems The Rose Street Building J04 The University of Sydney 2006 NSW AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 2 9351 3283 Fax: +61 2 9351 7474 URL: http://www.acfr.usyd.edu.au/ ___________________________________________ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
