From: | Eric Marsden <emarsden(at)mail(dot)dotcom(dot)fr> |
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To: | pgsql-interfaces(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Opening database with PGACCESS |
Date: | 1999-08-02 08:44:14 |
Message-ID: | wzid7x67esh.fsf@mail.dotcom.fr |
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>>>>> "oe" == Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
rod> "Error connecting database. Connection to database failed
rod> connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running and accepting
rod> TCP/IP (with -i) connections at 'localhost' on port '5432'"
rod>
rod> The postmaster is running and I can connect to mydb using "psql":
oe> pgaccess uses a TCP/IP connection through localhost, so you have
oe> to use the -i option when starting the postmaster, even though
oe> you have no other machines connecting to it.
well, there's a trick to get around that. If you provide an empty host
name and port number in the pgaccess connection dialog, it will switch
to a unix socket connection, and will work even without `-i'.
Has worked for me in the past, anyway.
--
Eric Marsden
It's elephants all the way down
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