Postgres on windows 8

Follow the instructions to enter your desired username and password. Notice that the password you created is not the DB password for postgres, so unless you create a new user you can give postgres one in the psql shell:. Now you can install pgAdmin or use your own program in 'normal' Windows to confirm that you can connect on Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 6 years, 4 months ago.

Active 3 months ago. Viewed 24k times. I can't install Postgresql. I've tried everything: I run the setup as Administrator. I create a postgresql user an I add it to the Administrator group. Improve this question. What is the exact error message? Also you don't need a separate Windows user for any recent Postgres version.

There also should be an installation log. Is there anything in there? The error message that I recieve is this one : i. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. First of all run the set-up as administrator. Improve this answer. Just don't use EDB installer. There is BigSQL alternative now. Basil Basil 2, 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges.

Also, I run the installer as Administrator! Carlitos Way Carlitos Way 2, 18 18 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Shamil Puthukkot Shamil Puthukkot 1 1 silver badge 13 13 bronze badges. Problem solved: run the setup as Administrador and use Windows 7 mode. Possible solution for I followed steps suggested by IsoNecroMad and it worked 1 First of all, run the set-up as administrator.

Failed to initialise the database cluster with initdb So after selecting 'default locale' during the installation process it all went fine. They can generally be expected to run on other comparable versions, for example, desktop releases of Windows:.

This installer can run in graphical or silent install modes. Platform support The installers are tested by EDB on the following platforms. Aggregate functions act as window functions only when an OVER clause follows the call; otherwise they act as regular aggregates. Rows that are not distinct in the ORDER BY ordering are said to be peers ; the four ranking functions are defined so that they give the same answer for any two peer rows.

See Section 4. When an aggregate function is used as a window function, it aggregates over the rows within the current row's window frame. An aggregate used with ORDER BY and the default window frame definition produces a "running sum" type of behavior, which may or may not be what's wanted.

Development Versions: devel. Unsupported versions: 9.