Re: problem connecting with libpq++ interface

On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:55:05AM +0300, Deniz Hastorun wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a really strange problem . I'm trying to connect to PostgreSQL db
> from witin my C++ program and using the libpq++ interface functions . But
> strangely it won't connect and I'm receiving the following error message
>
> connection to db failed.
> Error returned:ERROR: PQconnectdb() - Missing '=' after 'template1' in
> conninfo
>
> .here's my code
> PGconn *conn1;
> const char * dbname="template1";
> PgDatabase data(dbname);
> conn1=PQconnectdb(dbname);
> if (data.ConnectionBad())
> {
> cerr<<" connection to db failed."<< endl
> <<" Error returned:" << data.ErrorMessage() << endl;
> exit(1);
> }
>
> any idea would be appreciated. thanks in advance!

I think you mean

const char * dbname="dbname=template1";

(and you don't need to do the PQconnectdb() , because the PgDatabase
object will make the connection for you...)

...hope this helps...have a nice day...

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