Query

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font-family:Arial">Hi </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ihave just installed PostgreSQL 8.1 on a Windows XP system with a
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">NTFS filesystem.
Everythingseemed to work fine until I executed the </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">commandpromt option from the PostgreSQL start button.
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Iwanted to create my first database by typing "createdb mydb" and
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">was asked for my
password.Everytime I type it in I get the error message</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">"createdb:could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: password
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">authentication
failedfor user "xxxxx" ". </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Anotherproblem is that the user xxxxx in the error message is not the
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">user specified in
theinstallation (I used the default user "postgres" </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">givenin the installation) but my  username on my computer and it
has</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">administrative
rights.</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Idont really know why PostgreSQL asks for my username and not the one
specified</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">in the
installation.  </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ifanybody can tell me why I get this error everytime I would greatly
</span></font></pre><pre><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">appreciate it.
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