Have now also tried: downloading 8.2.2 and compiling it - no luck when running initdb (same error)
rerunning configure with and without --with-includes=/mingw/include -- with-libraries=/mingw/lib (always running --without-zlib) - same error I have been searching newsgroups, archives, etc. in hope someone has seen this. No luck there and no responses yet so I am including hackers, I hope this is ok but am close to throwing in the towel (have been throught the windows FAQ too). I am a newcomer to PG development and wondering if there is light not too far in the distance or if I can expect to wade through a lot more of these problems before writing a line of code. I was also hoping to use MSVC++ but first things first, I would settle for a build under msys/mingw that I can launch. Windows does seem like the ugly stepchild for PG, would I be significantly better off under Mac OS X (have it)? Other Unix (would have to buy it)? Thanks again for any help... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq