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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
can not connect to a posgresql/postgis database using GDAL.&nbsp; I have verified
that the PostgreSql drivers are in the DLL by calling ogrinfo &#8211;formats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PostgreSql
is on the list<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>From
c++ code I try the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>strcat(connectBuf,
<span style='color:#A31515'>&quot;PG:\&quot;dbname='postgis' host='&lt;ip
address' port='5432' user='postgres' password='&lt;pwd&gt;'\&quot;&quot;</span>);<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*dataSource
= OGRSFDriverRegistrar::Open(connectBuf, FALSE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>*dataDouce
always comes back NULL<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
tried ogrinfo &#8211;ro PG:host=&lt;ip address&gt; user=postgis
password=&lt;pwd&gt; dbname=postgis based on rhw online examples and I get an
error message indicating no password was supplied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I
can connect to the remote host usin pgAdminIII so I know the systems can talk
to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Does
anyone see what I might be doing wrong?&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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