Re: Installing PostgreSQL on Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 64bit - first results

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:10:26 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:

> Harald Armin Massa <haraldarminmassa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 4.) it seems to be no longer "cool" to have your data below Program
>> Files / Program Files (x86)

That was never cool or good practice.

> I'm not sure which directory should we create $PGDATA -- "My Documents",
> "Application Data", "Local Settings" or direct child of %USERPROFILE%, but
> anyway some of them would be better than "Program Files".

%USERNAME%/%APPDATA%

These variables exist for good reasons..

regards
Holger