Re: Error in starting Postgresql...

Have you checked the logsWhat have you configured
What os are you using
What version of postgresql
Have you run netstat to check for port 5432

Regards,

Serge Fonville

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 08:34:55PM +0530, Shashank Mujumdar wrote:
> > After installing dspace when I tried to connect it to the postgresql
> > server it gave the following error.
> >
> > psql -U postgres -h localhost ( command used )
> >
> > the error was
> >
> > 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 searched for a solution on the net and I found that server might not
> > be running or postgresql might not have been configured properly.
> > As far as I know I've configured the postgresql properly..But I'm
> > unable to find out how to start the pgsql server !!!
> > Please help me out...
> >
>
> Look for pg_ctl.
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pg-ctl.html
>
> - Josh / eggyknap
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