I tried both, and I'm still getting the same error
message.
--- Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kian Parsee [mailto:kparsee@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: 11 July 2001 14:58
> > To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [CYGWIN] PostgreSQL on Win/2K
> >
> >
> > Hi Everybody. I'm trying to run Postgres7.1.2 on
> a
> > Win/2K machine with Cygwin1.3.2-1. I'm having no
> luck
> > whatsoever. I get the same result when I use the
> already
> > built version that comes with cygwin, and when I
> build it
> > myself. The following commands all seem to work
> fine:
> >
> > ipc-daemon &
> > initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > postmaster -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
> >
> > However, when I try createdb, or psql, I get the
> > following error:
> >
> > pq_flush: send() failed: Invalid argument
> > pq_recvbuf: recv() failed: The descriptor is a
> file,
> > not a socket
> > psql: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel
> > unexpectedly.
> > This probably means the backend terminated
> > abnormally
> > before or while processing the request.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now, I've got postgres working on a Win/NT machine
> > with no problem. Does anybody have any clue why
> I'm
> > getting the above error on a Win/2K machine?
> >
> > Your help would be very appreciated.
>
> Try setting the environment variable
> PGHOST=localhost or try using psql (or
> createdb) with a command line like:
>
> psql -h localhost template1
>
> Either of these methods should make the client apps
> use tcp/ip rather than
> Unix sockets.
>
> hth, Regards, Dave.
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