Re: basic download and setup questions

Hello All;
Thank you for the quick and helpful response.

Now I have a new question. I downloaded these files (win XP) and managed to 
set them up, sort of. The first time I got to the stage where you have to 
enter a password and user name, and I didn't read close enough. I tried to 
leave the password blank because I didn't want a password and the installer 
came up with something about 20 characters long and about half punctuation, 
so I tried to back up. Any way, now I need to remove  this user name or at 
least change the password and I don't even know what program this user is 
stored in.

Any information would be greatly appreciated including the correct mailing 
list, if this is the wrong one.

Thank you
Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John DeSoi" 
To: "Raymond Still" 
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] basic download and setup questions


> Ray,
>
> On Dec 8, 2004, at 11:12 PM, Raymond Still wrote:
>
>> The webpage listing the various mailing lists said that
>> no question was too simple, so here goes:
>> I am trying to evaluate PostGreSQL to see if it can do
>> what I want. My first problem is that I can't figure
>> out what files to download. I'm running Windows XP and
>> want to create a stand alone "program" for inventory
>> and job tracking.
>> I have little DB experience, but I have significant
>> experience with several programing languages. I'm not
>> asking for help in designing the "program", just some
>> pointers in finding the right files and documentation.
>> As well, does PostGreSQL work on just a single
>> computer?
>> I apoligize if this is all explained in a FAQ
>> somewhere. I did look.
>>
>
> Your best bet as a new Windows user is to download the distribution from 
> here which includes a complete Windows installer:
>
> http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000007
>
> (or more specifically, this is the latest release:
> http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/85/postgresql-8.0.0-rc1.zip).
>
> It should prompt you for everything you need to get the database up and 
> running. The documentation and pgAdmin, a graphical PostgreSQL client is 
> included.
>
>
> Best,
>
> John DeSoi, Ph.D.
> http://pgedit.com/
> Power Tools for PostgreSQL
>
>
>
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