Re: Re. conection error

Hi Russ-

> The first line in my pg_hba.conf file is:
>
> local      all                                trust

I don't think this line authorizes TCP/IP socket connections, but rather,
only Unix sockets. Since JDBC uses TCP/IP even if you are on the same
machine, you'll need a similar auth record starting with "host" for
127.0.0.1 (locahost) like the one below, or using trust as the method if you
prefer.

> host         all         127.0.0.1     255.0.0.0           ident sameuser

check out this page for a better explanation:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?client-authentication.html#PG-HBA.
CONF


Regards,

-Nick