Hello,
Am 23.08.2012 12:33, schrieb Roland Kaschek:
> I try to get an instance of Postgres 9.1.5 ready for some SQL
> programming. I have installed the software along with Drupal 7 and
> mediaWiki. After starting the pgAdmin III it tells me the server is
> running. So I try to connect to it using the respective button. Then the
> problem comes. I don't know where to put the pg_service.conf file under
> Windows 7. I have the content of it as:
> [postgres]
> dbname=postgres
> user=postgres.
Normally you don't have to set up this file.
Do Drupal 7 and mediaWiki require it?
Try putting the file into:
c:\Users\<Your Username>\AppData\Roaming\postgresql\
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/libpq-pgservice.html
> I have tried as a location several directories within
> C:\Windows\SysWOW64 but nothing worked. All the time the response to the
> connect request as issued by me from within the admin tool resulted in
> the message that the definition of the "postgres" service could not be
> found.
Is this a 32-Bit PostgreSQL version? Otherwise this does not make sense.
Good luck.
Peter
> Of course I put the data in at best I could on the property tag of the
> server registration.
>
> Who can help? Would be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
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