Thread: pgAdmin interface on Windows communicating with a PostgreSQL data base on Linux.

I downloaded the ODBC Driver version 6.3.250 (v06-30-0250) from
www.insightdist.com and installed it on my machine, which runs Windows
NT ver.4.  

I want to use a windows interface called pgAdmin which I downloaded from
<www.vale-it.demon.co.uk/freeware/pgadmin> and installed on my machine.

I've made a DSN entry on my machine which points to a Postgres (version
6.3) database which sits on a Linux server which is running RedHat v5.2.


When I launch pgAdmin and try to connect to the server database, pgAdmin
complains by saying that the datasource is not configured to use the
PostgreSQL version 6.4 communications protocol.  Then I have to cancel
the program.

What's missing?  What did I or my colleague who configured Postgres on
the Linux server do wrong?  Please help.

Robert Carbonari
Programmer
Optimal Robotics Corp.
e-mail: robertc@optimal-robotics.com
phone:  (514)738-8885 ext. 146





Robert Carbonari
Programmer
Optimal Robotics Corp.
e-mail: robertc@optimal-robotics.com
phone:  (514)738-8885 ext. 146




Robert Carbonari wrote:

> I downloaded the ODBC Driver version 6.3.250 (v06-30-0250) from
> www.insightdist.com and installed it on my machine, which runs Windows
> NT ver.4.
>
> I want to use a windows interface called pgAdmin which I downloaded from
> <www.vale-it.demon.co.uk/freeware/pgadmin> and installed on my machine.
>
> I've made a DSN entry on my machine which points to a Postgres (version
> 6.3) database which sits on a Linux server which is running RedHat v5.2.
>
> When I launch pgAdmin and try to connect to the server database, pgAdmin
> complains by saying that the datasource is not configured to use the
> PostgreSQL version 6.4 communications protocol.  Then I have to cancel
> the program.
>
> What's missing?  What did I or my colleague who configured Postgres on
> the Linux server do wrong?  Please help.
>

Sounds like the version of pgAdmin you have needs to use the postgres 6.4
protocol.
The version of the odbc driver you have is only for 6.3 postgres.
(6-30-0250)

What protocol is your backend running?  i.e., what version of Postgres do
you have?

Byron