"David Lloyd-Jones" <david(dot)lloyd-jones(at)attcanada(dot)ca> writes:
> than one can read them) but I don't see how this adds up: I'm not on a
> network, and PSQL, which is a front end to PostgreSQL, just like PGAccess is
> supposed to be, is running fine.
By default, psql connects via a Unix-socket path, not by TCP. PGAccess
is written differently and always tries to connect by TCP. If you try
to start psql with "-h localhost" or some such, it will try TCP and
fail in the same way ...
regards, tom lane