Re: Unable to add server in PGadmin

Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> On 10/12/2007 11:41, manoj nair wrote:
>
>> The error message on the left most corner of PGAdmin
>> says..."Connection to database ...Failed" and the
>> add server form or dialog box pops up again.
>> there is nothing much happening other than this.
>
> Yu should get a bit more than this....as an experiment, I stopped the
> PostgreSQL service on my laptop (WinXP) and tried to connect with
> pgAdmin - and a large window popped up quoting the error from libpq
> ("could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is
> the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections
> on port 5432?") and giving all sorts of useful advice.
>
> Do you not see something like this?

Oh, I see how that can happen (the do not show this hint again' box has
been checked).

Under File -> Options -> Preferences, check the 'Reset guru hints'
option, click OK, and then try connecting again.

Regards, Dave.