BUG #5668: initdb failed to create postgres database

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#1Dan Posey
dan.posey@gmail.com

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 5668
Logged by: Dan Posey
Email address: dan.posey@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0
Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server
Description: initdb failed to create postgres database
Details:

initdb did create the directory structure and and files but there is no
postgres database.

Can login using psql but no postgres database. Same after creating
connection with pgAdmin.

Error: column "datconfig" does not exist..........

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Dan Posey (#1)
Re: BUG #5668: initdb failed to create postgres database

"Dan Posey" <dan.posey@gmail.com> writes:

initdb did create the directory structure and and files but there is no
postgres database.

Can login using psql but no postgres database. Same after creating
connection with pgAdmin.

Error: column "datconfig" does not exist..........

That error suggests that you're using some client-side tool that hasn't
been updated for 9.0 yet. pg_database.datconfig is no more.

In a quick test here, 8.4 psql is able to connect to a 9.0 database.
I don't see an error from \l, although it's entirely possible that
some other backslash commands might fall over as a result of expecting
datconfig to be there. I don't have pgAdmin handy to try, but if you
are using a pre-9.0 version then you should definitely update it.

regards, tom lane

#3Magnus Hagander
magnus@hagander.net
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: BUG #5668: initdb failed to create postgres database

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 06:07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

"Dan Posey" <dan.posey@gmail.com> writes:

initdb did create the directory structure and and files but there is no
postgres database.

Can login using psql but no postgres database. Same after creating
connection with pgAdmin.

Error: column "datconfig" does not exist..........

That error suggests that you're using some client-side tool that hasn't
been updated for 9.0 yet.  pg_database.datconfig is no more.

In a quick test here, 8.4 psql is able to connect to a 9.0 database.
I don't see an error from \l, although it's entirely possible that
some other backslash commands might fall over as a result of expecting
datconfig to be there.  I don't have pgAdmin handy to try, but if you
are using a pre-9.0 version then you should definitely update it.

Correct, you need pgadmin 1.12 for it to work with PostgreSQL 9.0.

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#4Dan Posey
dan.posey@gmail.com
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: BUG #5668: initdb failed to create postgres database

Got the pgAdminIII .12. Connects fine.

Thanks.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

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"Dan Posey" <dan.posey@gmail.com> writes:

initdb did create the directory structure and and files but there is no
postgres database.

Can login using psql but no postgres database. Same after creating
connection with pgAdmin.

Error: column "datconfig" does not exist..........

That error suggests that you're using some client-side tool that hasn't
been updated for 9.0 yet. pg_database.datconfig is no more.

In a quick test here, 8.4 psql is able to connect to a 9.0 database.
I don't see an error from \l, although it's entirely possible that
some other backslash commands might fall over as a result of expecting
datconfig to be there. I don't have pgAdmin handy to try, but if you
are using a pre-9.0 version then you should definitely update it.

regards, tom lane