Default hard drive for Postgres setup included in PT3

[McNeese72]

Is there anyway, in the commercial release, to have the setup of Postgres which is included in the PT3 download to default to the same hard drive PT3 is installed on?

On my desktop at my office I have two hard drives. My C: drive is older, very small, and is a FAT32 drive. My other drive (labeled F:) is very large and NTSF. I used the install package of PT3 plus Postgres and installed PT3 on my F: drive but when it came to installing Postgres it kept defaulting to C:\Program files\. I don't want and can't install Postgress to C: drive and there was no where to change it.

I ended up having to uninstall everything, download and install Postgres 8.3.1, download and install the PT3 package without Postgres, and then make sure PT3 was communicating with Postgres. I did a little reading before, but, being unfamiliar with Postgres, the Postgres installation was a lot more work than the simple one that is done with the PT3 plus Postgres install package (which I have done on my laptop that I normally play on).

I think having the Postgres (included with PT3) default to the same drive as PT3 would keep things simple but prevent problems like mine. Of course, you could offer a choice of drives in the setup of Postgres but that would complicate things just a little more.

Just an idea,
Doc

P.S. Keep up the good work.

[APerfect10]

Yes, I agree and we will get this fixed.

Best regards,

Derek

[Josh]

As a rule, I want to keep the PostgreSQL auto-install as easy and painless as possible *for the majority of users*. Most users have computers where the main partition has plenty of space and the C:\Program Files directory is where all of their programs are installed. Therefore, PT3 defaults to that directory. My logic was that if you have a unique enough situation that requires PostgreSQL to be installed somewhere else, then you probably have enough experience to successfully install PostgreSQL on your own. That being said, I am considering adding an option to configure the installation directory.

[McNeese72]

Josh,

There is already an option to install PT3 on any hard drive partition you want it on. Is there any easy way to have to the installation of Postgres default to the same drive partition as was chosen in the PT3 portion of the installation?

Doc

[APerfect10]

Josh, installing PostgreSQL to the same drive that PokerTracker 3 installs do does not complicate the installation at all and is much more logical than installing to two separate drives (one of which was not even selected).

[WhiteRider]

Josh, installing PostgreSQL to the same drive that PokerTracker 3 installs do does not complicate the installation at all and is much more logical than installing to two separate drives (one of which was not even selected).

Agreed, though I'd prefer the option to install postgres on a separate drive. Some 'heavy' users will want their data on a completely separate drive. I understand the point about people with individual set ups having more idea, but postgres isn't the simplest install...

[_dave_]

Agreed, though I'd prefer the option to install postgres on a separate drive. Some 'heavy' users will want their data on a completely separate drive. I understand the point about people with individual set ups having more idea, but postgres isn't the simplest install...

"Heavy" users should not install Postgres to a seperate drive (or array) - they should install Postgres to "Program Files" like any other user, and initialise the cluster on their other drives. That or ideally (unless the "Program Files" drive is shockingly slow) use tablespace to store *data only* on the fast / large disk(s).

[WhiteRider]

OK, but that really is going to be beyond a lot of people, unless that gets worked into PT3..