Thread: pgadmin problem

I want to use pgadmin to set up some tables, rather than do all the
psql statements from the terminal.

When I try to add a server, though, pgadmin fails to connect, and asks
whether the server is accepting TCP/IP connections on the default
port, and whether localhost is the correct servername.

I assume that both of these ARE set to the defaults, because if I
simply type

       $ psql contacts

I go right into psql, where I am allowed to make and alter tables.

Is there something along the lines of a "psql -v" that would tell
me what the server calls itself, and what ports it's listening on (oh,
and whether it's allowing TCP/IP connections)?

If not, is there better help on this pgadmin3 dialogue somewhere?  The
stock documentation is very thin.

Best,
Matt

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Matthew M Davis
<mmd@teledavis.com>

mmd@teledavis.com writes:

> I want to use pgadmin to set up some tables, rather than do all the
> psql statements from the terminal.
>
> When I try to add a server, though, pgadmin fails to connect, and asks
> whether the server is accepting TCP/IP connections on the default
> port, and whether localhost is the correct servername.
>
> I assume that both of these ARE set to the defaults, because if I
> simply type
>
>        $ psql contacts
>
> I go right into psql, where I am allowed to make and alter tables.

The server doesn't use TCP/IP by default.  You can change this by
editing the postgresql.conf file in the server's data directory (the
location of which varies depending on how PG was installed) and
setting 'tcpip_socket' to 'true', then restarting the server.

You may also need to edit pg_hba.conf, depending on whether you're
connecting from the local machine and how you have your databases set
up.

-Doug

On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 13:58, mmd@teledavis.com wrote:
> I want to use pgadmin to set up some tables, rather than do all the
> psql statements from the terminal.
>
> When I try to add a server, though, pgadmin fails to connect, and asks
> whether the server is accepting TCP/IP connections on the default
> port, and whether localhost is the correct servername.
>
> I assume that both of these ARE set to the defaults, because if I
> simply type
>
>        $ psql contacts
>
> I go right into psql, where I am allowed to make and alter tables.

In that case you are not using TCP/IP to localhost, but a Unix socket.
Try "psql -h localhost contacts" to see the difference.

Edit $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf to change the settings (and then signal the
postmaster or restart it).

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