[GRASSLIST:4038] Re: Postgres and GRASS connection

[Glynn Clements]

John Dougherty wrote:

> I am trying to use pg.in.dbf to bring some dbf files into postgres for use 
> with GRASS 5.0pre5.  Postmaster is up and there are no problems connecting 
> directly from a console terminal.  Postgresql and GRASS are both running on 
> the same system.  I am running SuSE 8.0
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> GRASS:~/Incoming/VECT > g.select.pg host=draco.local database=soils
> Error: select Postgres:could not connect to server: Connection refused
>         Is the server running on host draco.local and accepting
>         TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

Note: if you use the "host=" option, g.select.pg will use a TCP
socket, so postmaster must have be run with the "-i" switch.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>