===Initialize PostgreSQL cluster and run as server for compiled version ===

This is still a work in progress Back to windows compile

1. Create a windows local user called postgres
2. /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
3. you may want to change the port in the C:/postgres/data/posgresql.conf file (in our case running under 8433 not to conflict with our regular postgres install)
4. Install as service: (From Dos not MingW) -- note in this case postgres is a windows account and password you specified for the windows account.

"c:\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" register -N "pgsql-8.3 test" -D "C:\postgres\data" -U postgres -P "somepassword"

5. go into services panel under windows and start

1. If your service does not start - check the Windows Event Viewer

2. You can uninstall the service with:

"c:\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" unregister -N "pgsql-8.3 test" (this requires a restart)

A faster way: stop the service and then from dos

sc delete "pgsql-8.3 test"

6. Before you do a make check for PostGIS

-- make sure to do an export of PGPORT and other variable to point to the one you are testing (this you do in Msys) ​http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/libpq-envars.html

These are only good for current session

export PATH="/c/postgres/bin:$PATH"

export PGPORT=8433

export PGUSER=postgres

to see path settings or any other variables at msys prompt

echo ${PATH}