| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | rodneyr(at)embratel(dot)com(dot)br |
| Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)hub(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] Opening database with PGACCESS |
| Date: | 1999-08-02 04:33:12 |
| Message-ID: | 29872.933568392@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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rodneyr(at)embratel(dot)com(dot)br writes:
> When I try to open my database (mydb) with the pgaccess, I receive the
> following message:
> "Error connecting database. Connection to database failed
> connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running and accepting
> TCP/IP (with -i) connections at 'localhost' on port '5432'"
> The postmaster is running and I can connect to mydb using "psql":
>> psql mydb
psql defaults to connecting via Unix sockets. If you make it connect
via TCP (by saying "psql -h localhost mydb") I'll bet it fails too.
Most likely, your pg_hba.conf is set up to allow Unix socket connections
but not TCP connections, not even from localhost.
regards, tom lane
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