Re: How to connect to a remote database

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:21:57 -0400 (EDT), pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
said:

> Martin Kuria (martinkuria@hotmail.com) reports a bug with a severity of 2
>  The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
>  Short Description
>  How to connect to a remote database
>
>  Long Description
>  This may be a dumb question, but how do I connect to a remote database
>  using postgresql, or rather psql?

    This isn't really a bug, is it? :)

    "man psql" shows your options - you need "-h hostname_here".
See "man psql" for more.

    You'll probably have to edit /path/to/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf
on the remote machine to get permission.

    Thanks,

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Sean Kelly <S.Kelly@ncl.ac.uk>
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