Bug: When installing pgpass.conf does not get created under XP

["Athanasios E. Samaras" <ath(dot)samaras(at)gmail(dot)com>]

Hi there, I notice a bug in PGADMIN 1.6.3 when installing under on Windows XP box and the user account used is not in English.

More details:

Windows XP 32bit / SP2

User account Αθανάσιος Σαμαράς (Greek Name, most probably it will appear as????, but I assume that all the languages apart English must have the same issue)

Application data location: “C:\Documents and Settings\Αθανάσιος Σαμαράς\Application Data\”

Result: Can not open any database in pgadmin III due to error message “can not open file C:\Documents and Settings\Αθανάσιος Σαμαράς\Application Data\postgresql\pgpass.conf” and the program crashes, sending report back.

Reason: During installation the posgresql folder and pgpass.conf does not get created.

Workaround: go to application data and create the postgresql folder manually, create an empty file called pgpass.conf, since it is under your account there should not be any problems with privileges.

 

Cheers

 

A.E.S.

Sakis Samaras