Re: Getting an error in connection refused

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Shilpa Tisgaonkar" <shilpa(dot)tisgaonkar(at)opensystemsinc(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, shilpatisgaonkar(at)yahoo(dot)com
Subject: Re: Getting an error in connection refused
Date: 2005-08-15 00:25:16
Message-ID: 4957.1124065516@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Shilpa Tisgaonkar" <shilpa(dot)tisgaonkar(at)opensystemsinc(dot)com> writes:
> I'm getting the following error

> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Looks like the postmaster hasn't been started. See the PG documentation...

regards, tom lane

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