On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 19:41 +0000, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> On 09/03/2008 15:34, Reid Thompson wrote:
>
> > you'll also probably have to add the parameter -h 127.0.0.1
>
> psql defaults to connecting to the local machine unless you tell it
> otherwise, so this is redundant; though it certainly won't do any harm
> either.
>
Not redundent. Unless something has changed, psql's default connection
method is via unix socket 5432 and this socket does not exist on
windows. The -h is required to have psql connect to the network socket
which is available on windows.