Re: Help in connecting to a database with PHP

* Michael J. McGillick <mmcgillick(at)attbi(dot)com> [27 05 02 08:07]:

>Hi:
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>I'm trying to learn how to set up a .php file to connect to my
>PostgreSQL database. From the command line, I can connect, open and work
>in the database on my machine. However, if I create a .php page with the
>following information:
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> $db = pg_connect("dbname=baseball user=postgres");
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>I get the following error message:

If you are accessing the database via a web server, you should allow
TCP/IP connections. (postmaster -i)

> Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT
>authentication failed for user "postgres" in /var/www/html/baseball.php
>on line 10.
This looks like a socket connection, not TCP/IP.
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>I'm running a stock Red Hat Linux 7.3 machine with PostgreSQL version
>7.2. I have verified that from the command line, I can switch to the
>user postgres and connect to the database with no problems. I can view
>data, add and delete records, etc.
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>I'd appreciate some help in trying to track down what I'm doing wrong.
>I've spent the past few days looking at documentation from various web
>sites, and nothing seems to jump out as the culprit.
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>- Michael
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