PostGIS connection

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Have you tried to connect from the webserver that is running mapserver,
qith exactly the same network parameters as you put in the mapfile?


El jue, 17-01-2008 a las 04:04 -0600, SUBSCRIBE MAPSERVER-USERS Bego D.
escribió:
> Hello
> 
> We are new in Mapserver.
> 
> I have installed MapServer 4 Windows version 2.2.6 on my computer and in 
> another computer of my office we have installed Postgis 1.3.2. for 8.2 
> PostgreSQL.
> 
> Both works fine, we can work with Mapserver-Oracle Spatial or with .shp 
> or .tab, but now we want to connect MapServer with PostGis and we get this 
> error:
> 
> msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'INFVIA'. 
> msPOSTGISLayerOpen(): Query error. couldnt make connection to DB with 
> connect string 'host=****** dbname=****  user=postgres 
> password=****** port=5432'. Error reported was 'could not connect to 
> server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the server running on 
> host "192.168.0.3" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? '. This 
> error occured when trying to make a connection to the specified postgresql 
> server. Most commonly this is caused by (1) incorrect connection string (2) 
> you didnt specify a 'user=...' in your connection string (3) the postmaster 
> (postgresql server) isnt running (4) you are not allowing TCP/IP connection to 
> the postmaster (5) your postmaster is not running on the correct port - if its 
> not on 5432 you must specify a 'port=...' (6) the security on your system 
> does not allow the webserver (usually user 'nobody') to make socket 
> connections to the postmaster (7) you forgot to specify a 'host=...' if the 
> postmaster is on a different machine (8) you made a typo 
> 
> My .map is:
> 
> 
> CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS
> CONNECTION "host=***.***.**.* dbname=**user=postgres password=*** 
> port=5432"  
> DATA "the_geom geometry from INFVIA2"
> 
> Any help will be appreciate.
> 
> Bego