Re: How to test my new install

Raymond,

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll jump
right into it.

Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: "ray joseph" <ray(at)aarden(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to test my new install

> On 01/02/2010 12:21, ray joseph wrote:
> > Raymond,
> >
> > Thank you. Yes, that sounds like a great step. I am new to this so I
could
> > use a little help: What do you mean to connect to it and how would I do
it?
>
> psql is the command-line client for Postgres, which lets you connect to
> databases and run SQL commands directly against them. You can read about
> it here:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/app-psql.html
>
> On the XP machine, open a command prompt and type....
>
> [path to PG install dir]\bin\pgsql -U [username] [databasename]
>
> ...and see if you can connect to the database. If you can connect and
> run queries, then the DB server is running.
>
> If your app stack is connecting from a different machine, I'd then try
> connecting from that machine to see if there are any network issues that
> would prevent the connection.
>
> Ray.
>
> --
> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
> rod(at)iol(dot)ie
>