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From Jeff
Subject can't connect, strange error
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Msg-id 3A77CAF5.BC4C9DC5@showmethenet.com
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Responses Re: can't connect, strange error  (Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>)
List pgsql-general
Can someone tell me what is going on.  Below is a sample of
my interactive command line output inside postgres.  I can't
install 7.0.2 on my current linux machine.  I installed the
same version fine on two other linux machines.

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jgreer=# \l
  List of databases
 Database  |  Owner
-----------+----------
 jgreer    | postgres
 postgres  | postgres
 root      | postgres
 singlesc  | root
 template1 | postgres
(5 rows)

jgreer=# create database x;
CREATE DATABASE
jgreer=# \connect x;
FATAL 1:  Database "x;" does not exist in the system
catalog.
Previous connection kept
jgreer=#

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Here is how I do my install which has always worked.

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(untar ungzip source)
        (cd to <postgres src dir>/src/)
        ./configure

        gmake
        gmake install

        add this the .bashrc for postgres

        PATH=".":/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH
        MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/pgsql/man
        PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
        PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
        export PATH MANPATH PGLIB PGDATA

        (Edit file /etc/ld.so.conf to add a line
     /usr/local/pgsql/lib)
        ( run command /sbin/ldconfig.)

        mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
        chown postgres:postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data
        su postgres

        initdb
        /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i &
        createdb


        # do this for each user
   createuser jgreer            # should pull up user id
from
/etc/passwd
        createdb   jgreer

        # add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
        su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i
-D
/usr/local/pgsql/data"


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Thanks
--
Jeff Greer
- B.S. computer science - Univ. MO - Rolla
- web developer/software engineer,
dedicated to the struggle against the fascist
Microsoft hegemony

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