In the video/visual instruction for step 5 for Windows, there is a typo in the Variable Value. If you use %POSTGRES_DIR%/data instead of %POSTGRES_DIR%\data, Windows gives you an error message that "/" is not an allowed symbol. The video tripped me up because it has the wrong convention.
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Name: "Setting up Postgres locally" assignment Live URL: https://courses.thinkful.com/node-sql-001v1/assignment/1.1.1
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In the video/visual instruction for step 5 for Windows, there is a typo in the Variable Value. If you use %POSTGRES_DIR%/data instead of %POSTGRES_DIR%\data, Windows gives you an error message that "/" is not an allowed symbol. The video tripped me up because it has the wrong convention.