Re: Help required

Run the following

pg_ctl -D <data folder path> status

to see if you have the db server running or not?

As these seems to me you dont have the database server running on port 5432.

Thanks,
---
Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

On 10/3/06, Ravindran Vijaykumar R-AVR025 <vijay(dot)ravindran(at)motorola(dot)com>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> I am using postgres 7.4.2 in Ubuntu linux...
>
> when I run psql -l command, it says the following error....
>
> postgres(at)host:~$ <postgres(at)host:%7E$> psql -l
> psqll: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> I have the backup database in the home folder, please update me, how
> should i make the database up...
>
> rgds
> vijay
>