Re: Install postmaster as service in win2K

"Carlo Florendo" <fcarlo(at)ntsp(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> I was trying to install postgres as a service in win2k It was both successful and unsuccessful.

> Successful in the sense that I could connect to the server (coolio.ntsp.nec.co.jp) from another machine by running

> "psql -d test -h coolio.ntsp.nec.co.jp"

> Unsuccessful in the sense that when I connect locally by

> "psql -d test"

> I get this error message:

> connectDBstart() -- connect() failed: No such file or directory
> Is the postmaster running locally
> and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?

Try

psql -d test -h localhost

Not sure why libpq isn't set up to do that by default on platforms where
there is no Unix-socket support. Anyone want to submit a patch?

regards, tom lane