Hi, during the completely new installation of PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on my SuSE 6.1 system, I encountered the following error. Any help in explaining to me the oid8 error will be greatly appreciated. When entering: postgresql@GEN-24:/opt/postgres > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /opt/postgres/data The following error message appears: This database system will be initialized with username "postgresql". This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process. Fixing permissions on pre-existing data directory /opt/postgres/data Creating database system directory /opt/postgres/data/base Creating database XLOG directory /opt/postgres/data/pg_xlog Creating template database in /opt/postgres/data/base/template1 ERROR: Error: unknown type 'oid8'. ERROR: Error: unknown type 'oid8'. Creating global relations in /opt/postgres/data/base cp: /usr/lib/pgsql/lib/postmaster.opts.default.sample: No such file or directory initdb failed. Removing /opt/postgres/data. Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.11666. Karl -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Karl Schmid Department of Genetics and Evolution Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 10 D-07745 Jena Germany Phone: + 49 3641-643658 Fax: + 49 3641-643668 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
