.vscode/launch.json

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\PostgreSQLPortable_12.0\\App\\PgSQL\\bin\\"

devdocs/tools.txt

@@ -515,6 +515,18 @@ https://github.com/rsubr/postgresql-portable/releases/tag/v12.1
 Also this:
 https://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/172-Starting-PostgreSQL-in-windows-without-install.html
 
+
+HOW I DO IT FOR WINDOWS
+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
+See win-x64 folder structure.
+Basically download the binary for w64, extract and keep only the folders bin, lib and share
+in the win-x64 data folder need to init a new database using this command:
+..\postgres\bin\initdb -U postgres  -D .\database
+
+That will init a new fresh db with postgres user, no password and in a folder called database to sit beside the other data folders being disted (backup files, logs, user files)
+
+
+
 DOCKER POSTGRES DEVELOPMENT STATION COMMANDS AND USEFUL INFO 
 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
 

startsql.bat

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 REM docker start dock-pg10 dock-pgadmin
 REM docker run --rm --name pg -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=raven -e POSTGRES_DB=AyaNova -d postgres:latest
 REM GONE PORTABLE INSTEAD
-start C:\data\code\PostgreSQLPortable_12.0\postgresqlportable.exe
+rem start C:\data\code\PostgreSQLPortable_12.0\postgresqlportable.exe
+
+C:\data\code\postgres_13\bin\pg_ctl -D ^"C^:^\data^\code^\postgres^_13^\ayanova^" -l logfile start
+
+@REM @ECHO OFF
+@REM setlocal 
+@REM SET PATH="%~dp0postgres\bin";%PATH%
+@REM SET PGDATA=%~dp0data\database
+@REM SET PGDATABASE=AyaNova
+@REM SET PGUSER=postgres
+@REM SET PGPORT=5432
+@REM SET PGLOCALEDIR=%~dp0postgres\share\locale
+@REM "%~dp0\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" -D "%~dp0/data/database" -l %~dp0data\logs\postgreslog start
+
+@REM ECHO Press any key to stop POSTGRES database server
+@REM pause
+@REM "%~dp0\postgres\bin\pg_ctl" -D "%~dp0/data/database" stop
+@REM endlocal