Alex, 22.03.2011 17:33:
> Using Windows 7 64 bit. Tried to install 8.4 and 9.0and it fails right near the end when it tries to create or read
theconf file. If I transfer my postgres 8.4 file over the upgrade takes but the postgres service doesn't exist so no
communicationoccurs.
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> Is there anyway to just install the postgres service? Or another solution?
>
If you have the binaries and can start the server using pg_ctl, then you can always register the service using pg_ctl:
pg_ctl register -N PostgreSQL -U windows_user -P secret_windows_password -D c:/Data/Postgres
More details are in the manual:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pg-ctl.html