I know this is not a perl question; but I have no doubt that several of you have had experience with PostgreSQL.

I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on a Linux box. I have the directory structure /usr/local/pgsql owned by the postgres superuser. The libraries and executables and data directories are under this tree. I also have the source directory under here so that I can do everything as the superuser.

I got through the "configure", then the "gmake" with no apparant problems, so I ran the regression tests and viewed the files it named at the end of the tests. Everything said "ok".

So I next did this..
initdb --pgdata=/usr/local/pgsql --pglib=/usr/local/pgsql/lib

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It said it created the directories /usr/local/pgsql/data and /usr/local/pgsql/data/base. Then it said it was creating template database and threw this error..
ERROR: Error: unknown type 'oidvector'.<br>
ERROR: Error: unknown type 'oidvector'.<br>
syntax error 12 : parse errorinitdb: could not create
template database initdb: cleaning up by wiping out 
/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1

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To say the least, I am puzzled. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Roy Alan

In reply to The elephant is stomping me... by royalanjr

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