| From: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)PyGreSQL(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Alastair G(dot) Hogge" <agh(at)tpg(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Seeking PyGreSQL help |
| Date: | 2003-08-05 09:10:39 |
| Message-ID: | 200308050510.39725.darcy@PyGreSQL.org |
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On Tuesday 05 August 2003 04:16, Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
> I'm running PostgreSQL-7.3.3_1 on FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT. I'm trying to use
> python to interface with my database. I'm using Python-2.3 and
> py23-PyGreSQL-7.3.3_1 from the FreeBSD ports tree.
>
> My problem is when I try to connect to the database.
> Following is how the problem occurs:
> <error>
> #python
>
> >>>import _pg
> >>>db = _pg.connect("mydb", "myhost")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> _pg.error: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host myhost and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
What happens if you do 'db = _pg.connect("mydb")' from python or 'psql -h
myhost' from the command line? I suspect that your problem will reverse. Bt
default PostgreSQL does not run on a TCP/IP port. You have to turn that on
from the config file. Don't forget pg_hba.conf if you change that.
--
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
PyGreSQL Development Group
http://www.PyGreSQL.org
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