Thread: Error in connection

Error in connection

From
Biomedical Engineer
Date:
Hi there,
   I'm very ney to both PgAdmin and PostgreSQL. I'm
using PgAdmin V1.2.0, and PostgreSQL v7.2.3. The
problem is that whe I open PgAdmin and trry to
connect, I get this message:
"An error has occured in pgAdmin
II:frmConnect.cmdConnect_Click
Number: -2147467259
Description: Could not connect to server;
Could not connect to remote socket"
I'm using Windows 2000 Professional, ad as for the
connection options, The server is locallhost, and the
port is 5432. I need help please.

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Re: Error in connection

From
"Dave Page"
Date:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Biomedical Engineer [mailto:biomedical_project@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 26 October 2002 16:01
> To: PgAdmin Support
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] Error in connection
>
>
> Hi there,
>    I'm very ney to both PgAdmin and PostgreSQL. I'm
> using PgAdmin V1.2.0, and PostgreSQL v7.2.3. The
> problem is that whe I open PgAdmin and trry to
> connect, I get this message:
> "An error has occured in pgAdmin
> II:frmConnect.cmdConnect_Click
> Number: -2147467259
> Description: Could not connect to server;
> Could not connect to remote socket"
> I'm using Windows 2000 Professional, ad as for the
> connection options, The server is locallhost, and the
> port is 5432. I need help please.

Hi,

The server should probably be localhost, not locallhost or is that typo?
If so, make sure that the postmaster is started with tcp/ip sockets
enabled.

Regards, Dave.