Re: pg_connect problem

Edric Bulalacao wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply.  Looks like all the lines in my
> postgresql.conf file are all commented out.
>
> I will uncomment the tcpip_socket and port lines lines to see if it works:
>
>

No problem. I've run into this on several occasions when I'm setting up
a new server and forget to make that one minor little change. It's a
good default security setting, however it adds one extra little step for
us. heh

-Robby

> #       Connection Parameters
> #
> #tcpip_socket = true
> #ssl = false
>
> #max_connections = 32
> #superuser_reserved_connections = 2
>
> #port = 5432
> #hostname_lookup = false
> #show_source_port = false
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robby Russell [mailto:rrussell@commandprompt.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:48 AM
> To: Edric Bulalacao
> Subject: Re: [PHP] pg_connect problem
>
> Edric Bulalacao wrote:
>
>>I'm a PHP/PostGRE newbie.  I'm getting this error:
>>
>>Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not
>>connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host
>>localhost and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? . in
>>/export/home/tsc/a/delete-action.phtml on line 156
>>Couldn't make a connection!
>
>
>>Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks.
>
>
> Look at your postgres.conf file.
>
> Is TCP/IP on?
>
> tcpip_socket = true
>
>
>
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