Hi Naoya, I am not able to reproduce the problem. Do you mean pg windows service installed by installer is not working or bin\pg_ctl binary is not accepting spaces in the patch ?. Following worked for me i.e.
C:\Users\asif\Desktop\Program files\9.3>"bin\pg_ctl" -D > "C:\Users\asif\Desktop\Program files\9.3\data1" -l logfile start > server starting Can you please share the exact steps ?. Thanks. Regards, Muhammad Asif Naeem On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Naoya Anzai <anzai-na...@mxu.nes.nec.co.jp > wrote: > Hi All, > > I have found a case that PostgreSQL Service does not start. > When it happens, the following error appears. > > "is not a valid Win32 application" > > This failure occurs when the following conditions are true. > > 1. There is "postgres.exe" in any directory that contains a space, > such as "Program Files". > > e.g.) > C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bin\postgres.exe > > 2. A file using the first white space-delimited > tokens of that directory as the file name exists, > and there is it in the same hierarchy. > > e.g.) > C:\Program //file > > "pg_ctl.exe" as PostgreSQL Service creates a postgres > process using an absolute path which indicates the > location of "postgres.exe",but the path is not enclosed > in quotation. > > Therefore,if the above-mentioned conditions are true, > CreateProcessAsUser(a Windows Function called by pg_ctl.exe) > tries to create a process using the other file such > as "Program", so the service fails to start. > > Accordingly, I think that the command path should be > enclosed in quotation. > > I created a patch to fix this failure, > So could anyone confirm? > > Regards, > > Naoya > > --- > Naoya Anzai > Engineering Department > NEC Soft, Ltd. > E-Mail: anzai-na...@mxu.nes.nec.co.jp > --- > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > >
