Re: Problem with connectiong to postmaster (WinNT 4.0 SP6)

Kevin Lo wrote:
>
> David Lofsstrand wrote:
>
> > Hello!
>
> Hi David,
>
> > I have sucessfully installed and compiled PostgreSQL 7.0 to
> > WinNT 4.0 Workstation Service Pack 6
> > My machine is a dual PIII-500 workstation (in case it can cause
> > problems)
> > The initdb script works as it should and everything works fine and
> > runs smoothly until I try to start a program or a script that wants
> > a connection to the postmaster.
> >
> > As an example:
> > -----------------
> > bash-2.02$ ipc-daemon.exe &
> > [1] 1016
> > bash-2.02$ postmaster -i &
> > [2] 1017
> > bash-2.02$ createdb testing
> > psql: connectDBStart() -- socket() failed: errno=106
> > Addresses in the specified family cannot be used with this socket
> > createdb: database creation failed
> > ------------------
> >
> > Any hints ?
>
> Hmm.. I also built the binary for NT on Cygwin B20.1. The binary is at:
>
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/v7.0/NT/
>
> I think the PostgreSQL only runs on Cygwin.
>
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> - Kevin

Hejsan!

Are you running NT with service pack 6 or 6a? I recall having
a similar problem with postgres on NT and it cleared up
after installing 6a. I believe it is mentioned somewhere
in the ports archive as well.

Can you get the psql interpreter to work? Try:

psql -i localhost template1

and then:

create database testing;

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Dan Rosner
Cascade Programming Group
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