Thread: connection fails
Hello,
I\'m trying to connect using an extremely simple php script:
$conn = pg_Connect(\"host=localhost dbname=db name user=postgres password=postgres\");
if ($conn) { echo \"ok\"; }
else { echo \"failed\"; }
I get this error message:
Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the
postmasterrunning (with -i) at \'localhost\' and accepting connections on TCP/IP port 5432? in
/var/www/sts.twcable.com/launch_plan/test/c.phpon line 3
failed
I also tried to work from the command line and get similar error messages.
The weird thing is that phpPgAdmin is working fine and this script works:
$database = pg_Connect (\"dbname=dbname\");
pg_exec ($database, \"begin\");
$oid = pg_locreate ($database);
echo (\"$oid\\n\");
$handle = pg_loopen ($database, $oid, \"w\");
echo (\"$handle\\n\");
pg_lowrite ($handle, \"gaga\");
pg_loclose ($handle);
pg_exec ($database, \"commit\");
[script coming from php.net]
Any ideas??
thnx!
/paula
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Postgres already gave you the first idea:
> failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running (with -i) at
> \'localhost\' and accepting connections on TCP/IP port 5432? in
> /var/www/sts.twcable.com/launch_plan/test/c.php on line 3
> failed
Since you are using TCP to connect, have you verified that postmaster is
actually listening and on the expected port? It doesn't by default--by
default it uses a unix domain socket. You have to specify TCP using the -i
option.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: paula@cyberlazarus.net
> Reply-To: paula@cyberlazarus.net
> Date: 21 Sep 2001 19:25:25 -0000
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] connection fails
>
> Hello,
>
> I\'m trying to connect using an extremely simple php script:
>
> $conn = pg_Connect(\"host=localhost dbname=db name user=postgres
> password=postgres\");
>
> if ($conn) { echo \"ok\"; }
> else { echo \"failed\"; }
>
> I get this error message:
>
> Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: connectDBStart() -- connect()
>
> I also tried to work from the command line and get similar error messages.
> The weird thing is that phpPgAdmin is working fine and this script works:
>
> $database = pg_Connect (\"dbname=dbname\");
> pg_exec ($database, \"begin\");
> $oid = pg_locreate ($database);
> echo (\"$oid\\n\");
> $handle = pg_loopen ($database, $oid, \"w\");
> echo (\"$handle\\n\");
> pg_lowrite ($handle, \"gaga\");
> pg_loclose ($handle);
> pg_exec ($database, \"commit\");
>
> [script coming from php.net]
>
> Any ideas??
>
> thnx!
> /paula
>
>
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> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>
I'm not a PHP-er, but I notice that a difference between the script that
works & the one that doesn't is the "host=... portion. Could it be that
phpPgAdmin & the script that works do *not* use tcpip to connect & while the
failing script does?
If so, the message you got also contains the answer- you need to turn the
tcpip_socket on in the .conf file, or change the first script to not specify
a host.
-Nick
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> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of
> paula@cyberlazarus.net
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:25 PM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] connection fails
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I\'m trying to connect using an extremely simple php script:
>
> $conn = pg_Connect(\"host=localhost dbname=db name user=postgres
> password=postgres\");
>
> if ($conn) { echo \"ok\"; }
> else { echo \"failed\"; }
>
> I get this error message:
>
> Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: connectDBStart()
> -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running
> (with -i) at \'localhost\' and accepting connections on TCP/IP
> port 5432? in /var/www/sts.twcable.com/launch_plan/test/c.php on line 3
> failed
>
> I also tried to work from the command line and get similar error messages.
> The weird thing is that phpPgAdmin is working fine and this script works:
>
> $database = pg_Connect (\"dbname=dbname\");
> pg_exec ($database, \"begin\");
> $oid = pg_locreate ($database);
> echo (\"$oid\\n\");
> $handle = pg_loopen ($database, $oid, \"w\");
> echo (\"$handle\\n\");
> pg_lowrite ($handle, \"gaga\");
> pg_loclose ($handle);
> pg_exec ($database, \"commit\");
>
> [script coming from php.net]
>
> Any ideas??
>
> thnx!
> /paula
>
>
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>
> I'm not a PHP-er, but I notice that a difference between the script that > works & the one that doesn't is the "host=... portion. Could it be that > phpPgAdmin & the script that works do *not* use tcpip to connect & while the > failing script does? > > If so, the message you got also contains the answer- you need to turn the > tcpip_socket on in the .conf file, or change the first script to not specify > a host. > You may also have to modify pg_hba.conf (in addition to postgresql.conf). See the comments in the file for details, but you need a line something like: host all 172.16.0.0 255.255.0.0 password where 172.16.0.0 is replaced by the appropriate network and 255.255.0.0 by the appropriate netmask. Hope this helps, Joe
You may be able to get away without this if localhost is the only host involved- I'm pretty sure the default pg_hba.conf file already has localhost set up in it. (I'm sure it does in the Debian package, and would guess this is true of the others.) > You may also have to modify pg_hba.conf (in addition to postgresql.conf). > See the comments in the file for details, but you need a line something > like: > > host all 172.16.0.0 255.255.0.0 password > > where 172.16.0.0 is replaced by the appropriate network and 255.255.0.0 by > the appropriate netmask. -Nick