Re: [INTERFACES] libpgtcl.so.2.0 Tom Wins a Nickel.

> From tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us Fri Jul 30 19:08:30 1999
> To: "Collin F. Lynch" <clynch(at)water2(dot)cs(dot)umass(dot)edu>
> cc: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] libpgtcl.so.2.0
> In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
<199907301935(dot)PAA20190(at)water2(dot)cs(dot)umass(dot)edu>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:09:05 -0400
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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> "Collin F. Lynch" <clynch(at)water2(dot)cs(dot)umass(dot)edu> writes:
> > I am now attempting to execute my
> > script in pgtclsh and am being told:
>
> > Connection to database failed
> > Unsupported frontend protocol.
> > while executing
> > "pg_connect $Database -host $Host"
>
> > The Server in QUestion is 6.5-1 running on a pure Redhat 6.0 (intel) box.
>
> I'll bet a nickel that your client is actually connecting to your 6.3
> server, not the 6.5 one. Check host names, port numbers, TCP vs
> Unix-socket protocol. One conclusive check is to see which postmaster's
> error log gets a copy of the "unsupported protocol" gripe...
>
> regards, tom lane

You had it right an errant line was resetting the hostname on the database after I had
set it properly.

Collin Lynch.