Re: connect problems

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: "Zempel, David" <david(dot)zempel(at)lmco(dot)com>
Cc: "'postgresql'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: connect problems
Date: 2003-05-02 22:07:55
Message-ID: m3wuh9q9xg.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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"Zempel, David" <david(dot)zempel(at)lmco(dot)com> writes:

> I'm just getting started, so please give me a break. I just installed
> Postgresql on HPUX and I'm trying to connect to it via a Perl app using
> DBI::Pg 1.22. I'm getting the following message that I think I understand.
> Yet, I've got no idea how to correct it.
>
>
>
> DBI connect('dbname=nlog:host=cheddar','postgres',...) failed: FATAL:
> Database "nlog:host=cheddar" does not exist in the system catalog. At
> ./nlog_maint line 244

The syntax of your connection string looks wrong. Check the
documentation for DBD::Pg to get the correct syntax.

-Doug

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