Hi,
I have just started to have a look at Postgres for the first time (after downloading version 8.1.0). What I read about it in the past weeks sounded promising. As recommended I had shut down the firewall/virus checking software on my developer machine during install. Never the less I received an error message that the server could not be started already during the installation procedure. Surprisingly after pushing okay I received the message, that the installation has been completed successfully (and was unsure if I can trust this statement). I then found the server running as a service under WIN XP. I continued by using pdAdminIII and now often receive a message basically saying that "the server was shutdown unexpectedly". Reading through the FAQ and Online docs I found the comment that in most cases virus protecting and/or firewall software causes this problem and the recommendation to stop using or even to uninstall this software. It is hard to believe that this is a serious advice. Is one really expected to quite using antivirus/firewall software if one wants to use postgres? I would imagine that this would be a knock-out criteria for the product not just for me, but for a lot of people.
Thanks
Thomas