Re: Problem with the Connection

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:34:19PM +0100, Matze wrote:
> Hallo There,
>
> I've got a Problem with PostgreSQL. I installed the Windows Binary of
> Postgre 8.1 (postgresql-8.1.msi). During the Installation the Installer
> popped up several messages that some Propertys of the Server or the Tables
> couldn't be set correctly. But the Installer itself finished the
> installation sucessfully.

Kinda difficult to debug without exact error messages. :(

> When I try to connect pgAdmin III with the running Postgre Server (on
> localhost) I get the followin message:
> ------------------------------------
> psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly.This probably means the
> server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request.
> ------------------------------------
> The same message appears in the console when I try to connect via the
> console.

What's the uncommented lines in pg_hba.conf say? Can you connect to port
5432 on localhost with telnet?
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