Re: how to connect remote database

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Srinivasa R Chava wrote:

> Hai,
> How to connect the database from remote client ,using psql
> In oracle we use the command like the following one at sqlplus
> prompt.
> Sqlplus> username/password@hostname
>
> How to do it in postgresql
> I tried like this
> psql dabasename username@hostname
>
> It is not working.

Do psql --help for the options. There's a -h option. The server must be accepting network coonnections (postmaster must
havebeen started with -i) 

cheers,
thalis

>
> Can anybody has an idea?
> Thanks
> chava
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