Re: how come I get this error message when I try to connect

Danny Lu wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am running Postgresql 8.0.0 on Windows 98. When I try to connect to
> the database with
> psql.exe using "psql.exe -h localhost -p 5432 template1 postgres" I get
> an error message like this:
>
> PSQL: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)
> Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

I'm not sure PG is supposed to work on Windows 98, so take care.

Having said that, there are three things to check:
1. Is the backend process running?
2. Does the logfile say anything interesting (connection failed etc)?
3. If you open a console, "telnet localhost:5432" type "A" and hit
return a couple of times do you get an error message back?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd