Re: JDBC driver & local server

----- Original Message -----
From: "stm23" <STM23@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:14 AM
Subject: [NOVICE] JDBC driver & local server

> also, when i type the command: psql
> i get:
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>         Is the server running locally and accepting
>         connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

Is the postmaster running on your system? It is the main process of the
server and psql is merely an interactive terminalclient to the server. Basic
documentation is here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/tutorial-start.html For the
beginning the first chapter should be suffice.

chris