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Re: Installation problem(Error: unknown type oidvector)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kristensen Poul <pok@sfi.dk>
Cc: "'pgsql-novice@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-07-03T14:48:33Z
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Kristensen Poul <pok@sfi.dk> writes:
> During installation  of  Postgresql 7.0.2.  I get the
> folowing error when I try to  initdb.

> We are initializing the database system with username postgres
> (uid=501).
> This user will own all the files and must also own the server
> Creating template database in /opt/pgsql/data/base/template1
> ERRER: Error: unknown type 'oidvector'

Looks like the postgres binary you're actually invoking is not 7.0.2,
but some pre-7.0 version.  Check your PATH.

			regards, tom lane