Re: unable starting / stopping postgresql with pgAdmin III on OS X

[Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>]

Le 28/12/2009 21:15, Georges Moes a écrit :
> I've tried to activate the start / stop option for the postgresql
> service in pgAdmin III on my Snow Leopard Installation. The PostgreSQL
> Version is 8.4.
> I can start the service via terminal with:
> geo-mbp:~ gm$ sudo su postgres
> bash-3.2$ /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_ctl -D
> /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data start
> server starting
> bash-3.2$ /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_ctl -D
> /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data stop -m fast
> waiting for server to shut down.... done
> server stopped
> 
> How can i use these commands in the GUI of pgAdmin III to start and stop
> the service? I've tried the following and a few other things with no
> success in the Properties pane under service:
> 
> sudo su postgres -c /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_ctl -D
> /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
> 
> 
> What's wrong with that????
> 

The service field is only useful on Windows. What you want is not a
feature pgAdmin has on other platforms.


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