Re: new to Linux & Postgresql

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Robb Fenwick <fenwick(at)ns(dot)sympatico(dot)ca>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: new to Linux & Postgresql
Date: 2002-07-18 17:10:26
Message-ID: 20020718100949.L72961-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Robb Fenwick wrote:

> I am new to Linux and Postgresql. I would like to start a database and
> on installation of Red Hat 7.2 installed SQL server which is Postgres.
> I do not know where to go from here. I have taken some classes in
> using SQL usually at the prompt in class I would type "psql myname"
> and was able to start creating tables. However this is not the case
> here and I am not sure what to set up or how to get my server going.
> Can someone please help? Thank you!

Is the server running (do a ps and look for postmaster) and what
error do you get when you try to run psql?

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