"Fetter, David M" <Fetter.David@emeryworld.com> writes:
> DBI->connect(dbname=template1) failed: PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed:
> Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running (with -i) at 'mwabs504'
> and accepting connections on TCP/IP port '5432'?
> at test.pl line 59
"Connection refused" at this stage generally means that the connect
request never got as far as the postmaster. Are you sure you are
connecting to the right machine? Your script
> [~/DBD-Pg-0.95] dmfetter@mwabs505! ps -ef|grep post
> dmfetter 24865 24254 0 21:35:38 pts/5 0:00 grep post
> postgres 23964 1 0 17:31:28 ? 0:00
> /usr/local/postgres/bin/postmaster -S -i
suggests you are on mwabs505 not mwabs504.
regards, tom lane