Re: postgres help

Jason House wrote:

> I've gone through all the steps to set up postgreSQL on windows XP.  I
> have updated permissions (to /tmp /usr/bin /usr/bin/*), verified the
> system path variable, and verified that ipc and postmaster services
> have been started.  I don't understand why I'm getting the following
> error:
>
> $ psql -U postgres template1
> 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"?
>
> The error does not change if I log in as myself or as postgres.
> Any hints as to what to try would be greatly appreciated.
>
At the risk of looking for the obvious, did you run createdb and check
that the created database files have the correct permissions?

Regards,
Ken