From: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
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To: | Glenn Sullivan <glenn(dot)sullivan(at)varianinc(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Problem connecting to postmaster |
Date: | 2005-03-22 01:02:30 |
Message-ID: | 87eke88pcp.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org |
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Glenn Sullivan <glenn(dot)sullivan(at)varianinc(dot)com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed native postgresql8.0.1 on a PC running Windows XP
> professional.
> I am having trouble connecting to it from my application. The application
> is a combination of java and C++ which was developed on Sun Solaris (Unix).
> Thus on the PC, I have installed Microsoft Interix (Service For Unix) on
> the PC to run the application. I don't know if this is the problem or not,
> but I am thus trying to connect to the DB running native from an application
> running from Interix. Does anyone know if this is inherently a problem?
Have you tried writing a small standalone Java application to test
connecting to the database? That would take Interix out of the
equation.
> My java code connects to the DB using
> DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://gandalf:5432/mydb",
> user, passwd);
>
> I get a PSQLException with a null message when this is executed.
>
> I start up the postmaster with -i to allow TCP/IP connections.
> I set Windows Firewall to "off"
Does "netstat" show the Postgres server listening on 5432? Have you
tried using "localhost" instead of "gandalf" in the JDBC URL?
-Doug
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