Re: Testing System DSN's - Mailing list pgsql-odbc

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Testing System DSN's
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Msg-id 40DA7F7E.1000704@archonet.com
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In response to Testing System DSN's  ("Jeff Stout" <jstout@cctus.com>)
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Jeff Stout wrote:
> I have setup the postgresql-odbc driver everything looks good
>
> Is there a way to "test" the odbc connection.  I have set
> up system dsn's in the past using MySQL-odbc and there was a
> "test data resource" button to ensure all the data I entered
> was correct.  Is there a way to do this in postgres?

Hmm - other than connecting, I can't think of one.

> One more question, I noticed that the port # 5432 was used
> this is the same port that pgadmin uses. Do I have to
> allow a certain post on the DB to change this to something
> else?

There is a setting in the postgresql.conf file that lets you change the
port the server listens on. Of course the tcp-ip option needs to be
turned on for PG to listen at all.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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