Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-07 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: > Although I have not yet received any feedback from the BitRock > support, I closed the ticket with them - we know what the problem was in your case, and we have enough info to try to put some additional checks in the installer to prevent it

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-07 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
Although I have not yet received any feedback from the BitRock support, I have meanwhile done some further tests. Most important result is that the installer finished flawlessly after I changed the "TEMP" and "TMP" variables back to the default "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp". I am interested t

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
First of all: Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. There are many helpful and interesting comments. I am going to reply to Christian's first question: How did TEMP end up with this value? I have just scanned my installation protocol which says, that I made a registry backup of the curren

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Dave Page
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 10/01/2010 06:30 PM, Dave Page wrote: > >>> As for 2, I suspect that somewhere in the installer, it walks down the >>> path >>> to the TEMP directory, and fails at the junction because it cannot read >>> the >>> contents of its target direct

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Dave Page
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Christian Ullrich wrote: > * Dave Page wrote: > >> So, it sounds like there are two questions for me to figure out - why >> is the installer not able to follow the link and find the files (which >> is probably a question for BitRock), and why isn't it using the act

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Christian Ullrich
* Dave Page wrote: Thats very odd, but it explains why things are going wrong - essentially, the prerequisites are being unpacked to: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local But the installer expects to find them in: C:\Users\Administrator\Lokale Einstellungen\ Which is a link to the first fold

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Thomas Kellerer
(This is the second time I send this, as the first message apparently did not make it) Dr. Peter Voigt, 30.09.2010 14:42: If there are no other users out there with comparable problems I could give the ZIP-installer a try under: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgbindownload.do There is a f

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-10-01 Thread Dave Page
For the benefit of the list, I've raised this issue with the people who supply the installer technology, as I can't see any reason why our code would get this wrong. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: > Dave Page writes: > >> A couple of questions for you Peter (and thanks f

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
Dave Page writes: > A couple of questions for you Peter (and thanks for bearing with us > while we figure this out): > > - How are you running the installer? Are you logged in as > "Administrator", or are you using "Run As Administrator" or something > similar? I am logged in as "Administrator"

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: > Dave Page writes: > >> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: >>> Hi Dharmendra, >>> >>> thanks for your reply. This kind of errors, which cannot be reproduced >>> on other machines are bad and leave no chance for develop

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
Dave Page writes: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: >> Hi Dharmendra, >> >> thanks for your reply. This kind of errors, which cannot be reproduced >> on other machines are bad and leave no chance for developers to solve >> them. >> >> Unfortunately the installer does not

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Dr. Peter Voigt wrote: > Hi Dharmendra, > > thanks for your reply. This kind of errors, which cannot be reproduced > on other machines are bad and leave no chance for developers to solve > them. > > Unfortunately the installer does not leave any log files. Please

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
Hi Dharmendra, thanks for your reply. This kind of errors, which cannot be reproduced on other machines are bad and leave no chance for developers to solve them. Unfortunately the installer does not leave any log files. The Windows event log has no entries about the installation attempt as well.

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-30 Thread Dharmendra Goyal
:53 PM > Subject: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - > Unable to install > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > > I cannot install PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) under Windows 7 (x86-64). The > installer fails right after starting the installation process with t

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) and Windows 7 (x86-64) - Unable to install

2010-09-28 Thread Dr. Peter Voigt
I cannot install PostgreSQL 9.0 (x86-64) under Windows 7 (x86-64). The installer fails right after starting the installation process with the message: "An error occurred executing the Microsoft VC++ runtime installer". I am using the installer from EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com/product