Re: Error in starting Postgresql... - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua Tolley
Subject Re: Error in starting Postgresql...
Date
Msg-id 20081105151136.GB22181@polonium.part.net
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In response to Error in starting Postgresql...  ("Shashank Mujumdar" <andypacer007@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Error in starting Postgresql...  ("Serge Fonville" <serge.fonville@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 08:34:55PM +0530, Shashank Mujumdar wrote:
> After installing dspace when I tried to connect it to the postgresql
> server it gave the following error.
>
> psql -U postgres -h localhost  ( command used )
>
> the error was
>
> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0X0000274D/10061)
>           Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
>
> I searched for a solution on the net and I found that server might not
> be running or postgresql might not have been configured properly.
> As far as I know I've configured the postgresql properly..But I'm
> unable to find out how to start the pgsql server !!!
> Please help me out...
>

Look for pg_ctl.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pg-ctl.html

- Josh / eggyknap

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