Hello, > I have little programming experience and I've been trying to go > through the PostgreSQL 9.0.4 documentation tutorial. I got to > section about creating a new database and was lost. > > On opening psql, get the following prompts: > Server [localhost]: > Database [postgres]: > Port [5432]: > Username [postgres]: > Password for user username: > > I have no idea what I should be entering here. I'm not trying to > connect to any other server. I'm just trying to create a database > for others to connect to. What do I enter for Port? I don't > remember signing up for any username. Where do I find my username? You can always connect to a server and then use the create database command to create a database. If you are keen on not connecting to a server, you could use createdb command from commandline http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/app-createdb.html
But first - have you initialized a db cluster and do you have a PostgreSQL server running? You could find that by running pg_ctl status
I get the following output.. -bash-3.00$ pg_ctl status pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 2407) /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres
Regards, Jayadevan
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