Re: ODBC configuration problem

I'd prefer if this were on github
https://github.com/postgresql-interfaces/psqlodbc/issues

But my guess is that your postgresql.conf file does not have localhost
enabled.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-LISTEN-ADDRESSES
Dave Cramer
www.postgres.rocks

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 at 17:28, Steven Adams <stevenadams(at)spiralxllc(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use MS Access with PostgreSQL and so want to configure an
> ODBC file for this. Testing it resulted in a connection timeout, so I
> looked at this to troubleshoot:
> https://odbc.postgresql.org/faq.html#3.3
> Adding a "tcpip=true" line to postgresql.conf and a line to permit a
> connection from the computer running Access to pg_hba.conf and then
> restarting PostgreSQL seemed to go without errors, but when I tried to run
> the psql command afterward, I got this error:
> psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432
> failed: Connection refused
> Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP
> connections?
>
> The psql command worked again after I undid these changes, so I'm trying
> to figure out how they caused this error. The line I added to pg_hba.conf
> was as follows.
> host spiralxprime web_app 192.168.0.72 scram-sha-256
>
> Any ideas as to why this is happening would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven Adams
>
>