[postgis-users] 8.00beta5 on Windows - problem with libpq.dll or me?

[Richard Greenwood]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:37:00 -0800, Ryan, Adam <ARyan at co.linn.or.us> wrote:
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> I'm a first time user, and I downloaded and ran the Windows installer at
> 
> http://postgresqlwin32.free.fr/download/postgresql800beta5/setup/pg800b5msi.
> zip
> 
> provided by TECHER Jean David, on a Windows XP box.
> 
> I can use pgAdmin all right, but the postgis functions don't seem to be
> there.  So from the installation instructions in the manual, I tried:
> 
> psql.exe -d dbOne -f postgis.sql
> 
> on the commandline, and I get:
> 
> "The procedure entry point PQcancel could not be located in the dynamic link
> library libpq.dll"
> 
> And I get this if I run psql.exe without any arguments too.  All I've done
> so far is run the installer.  Anyone want to help a new user get started?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam
> 

Did you see the recent thread on the mapserver-users list titled
'libpq.dll conflict between mapserver and postgis' ? I think this
addresses your problem.

Regards,
-- 
Richard Greenwood
richard.greenwood at gmail.com
www.greenwoodmap.com