Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-09 Thread Andrew Maclean
Run it as a service. This is the best way. -- ___ 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/ __

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-09 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Shelby Cain wrote on 08.09.2007 20:57: Compared to that, I don't really understand follow your argument as to why installing Postgresql as a service and stopping/starting it through the service control panel such a big deal. Or stopping/starting using a batch file (with "net start pgsql") Thom

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Scott Marlowe
On 9/8/07, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged > >> account on windows? > > > Your friend has the following choices i

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Tom Lane
"Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged >> account on windows? > Your friend has the following choices in the matter. He can stop > running as an administrator a

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Scott Marlowe
On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:45:21AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A lack of a sense of control is simply one more barrier to potential > > > switchers. Make sense? > > > > But by sta

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Shelby Cain
AIL PROTECTED]> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2007 9:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged account on windows? Thanks again for the feedback, it is

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:45:21AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A lack of a sense of control is simply one more barrier to potential > > switchers. Make sense? > > But by starting postgresql under an administrative account, the user > woul

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Scott Marlowe
On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A lack of a sense of control is simply one more barrier to potential > switchers. Make sense? But by starting postgresql under an administrative account, the user would, in effect, be giving up that control to PostgreSQL to simply do as it pl

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:52:04AM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote on 08.09.2007 07:03: > >Hi, a friend of mine on Windows, is attempting to convert to using > >PostgreSQL (and of course, I'm helping him). > > > >The installation gave an option to run as an application, rather

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:49:28AM +0100, Dave Page wrote: > > From: Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to achieve this, on windows?

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:26:04AM +0100, Richard Huxton wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >Hi, a friend of mine on Windows, is attempting to convert to using > >PostgreSQL (and of course, I'm helping him). > > > >The installation gave an option to run as an application, rather than as > >a service

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Zenaan Harkness wrote on 08.09.2007 07:03: Hi, a friend of mine on Windows, is attempting to convert to using PostgreSQL (and of course, I'm helping him). The installation gave an option to run as an application, rather than as a service. Turns out, my friends login account has Admin privs, and

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Dave Page
> --- Original Message --- > From: Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Sent: 08/09/07, 06:03:54 > Subject: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc > > Is there a way to achieve this, on windows? Yes, 8.2 will start unde

Re: [GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-08 Thread Richard Huxton
Zenaan Harkness wrote: Hi, a friend of mine on Windows, is attempting to convert to using PostgreSQL (and of course, I'm helping him). The installation gave an option to run as an application, rather than as a service. Turns out, my friends login account has Admin privs, and postgres.exe will n

[GENERAL] replacing Access/ Approach etc

2007-09-07 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Hi, a friend of mine on Windows, is attempting to convert to using PostgreSQL (and of course, I'm helping him). The installation gave an option to run as an application, rather than as a service. Turns out, my friends login account has Admin privs, and postgres.exe will not run in an account with