On 12/22/2013 04:51 PM, Thom Brown wrote:
> PostgreSQL using unix domain sockets by not specifying any host with
> psql, and the same applies to vacuumdb, createdb and dropdb. However,
> when I go to use pgbench, it seems to be looking in the wrong place
> for the domain socket:
>
> thom@swift ~/Development/postgresql $ psql postgres
> psql (9.4devel)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=# \q
> thom@swift ~/Development/postgresql $ createdb pgbench
> thom@swift ~/Development/postgresql $ pgbench -i -s 20 pgbench
> Connection to database "pgbench" failed:
> could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5488"?
>
> The actual location is /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5488:
>
> thom@swift ~/Development/postgresql $ pg_ctl stop
> waiting for server to shut down....LOG: received smart shutdown request
> LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
> LOG: shutting down
> LOG: database system is shut down
> done
> server stopped
> thom@swift ~/Development/postgresql $ psql postgres
> 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.5488"?
>
> What am I missing?
Best guess pgbench is being run from a different install then rest of
your Postgres set up. Might want to check whether you have more than one
copy of pgbench and if so where they are in PATH.
>
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Adrian Klaver
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