From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "'Kian Parsee'" <kparsee(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | RE: PostgreSQL on Win/2K |
Date: | 2001-07-11 14:10:51 |
Message-ID: | 8568FC767B4AD311AC33006097BCD3D61A2D01@woody.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kian Parsee [mailto:kparsee(at)yahoo(dot)com]
> Sent: 11 July 2001 14:58
> To: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [CYGWIN] PostgreSQL on Win/2K
>
>
> Hi Everybody. I'm trying to run Postgres7.1.2 on a
> Win/2K machine with Cygwin1.3.2-1. I'm having no luck
> whatsoever. I get the same result when I use the already
> built version that comes with cygwin, and when I build it
> myself. The following commands all seem to work fine:
>
> ipc-daemon &
> initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
>
> However, when I try createdb, or psql, I get the
> following error:
>
> pq_flush: send() failed: Invalid argument
> pq_recvbuf: recv() failed: The descriptor is a file,
> not a socket
> psql: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel
> unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated
> abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
>
>
>
> Now, I've got postgres working on a Win/NT machine
> with no problem. Does anybody have any clue why I'm
> getting the above error on a Win/2K machine?
>
> Your help would be very appreciated.
Try setting the environment variable PGHOST=localhost or try using psql (or
createdb) with a command line like:
psql -h localhost template1
Either of these methods should make the client apps use tcp/ip rather than
Unix sockets.
hth, Regards, Dave.
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