Re: failing to connect to postgresql with php

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:42 AM, victor katemana <developervickatg(at)gmail(dot)com
> wrote:

> i have installed postgres 8.4 server in ubuntu 10.04, clearly following all
> procedures. what is disappointing me i cant establish connection to the
> database server when am configuring postgres with php. whenever i use this
> postgres database function i dont even receive an error message. the server
> just remains quite. more on than when i execute the command
>
> #psql template1 on my terminal i receive this error message
>
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> can someone help me out please
>

if not started start it using
/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start

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