I'm sorry, I didn't look at this very closely... just looked at the error and assumed.... It looks like your problem is actually your variable that you are passing into the pg_connect. When you are setting up your connection string, $con_string should be $this->con_string. It's giving you this error because it's not getting any parameters in pg_connect. -Dan : What exactly are you trying to do here? : : Depending on what you really want to do here, you need to change your : connection string to fit what you want. : : In order to connect to postgres, you must specify a database. If you do not : want to connect to a database immediately, then you can use the default : database (which is usually "template1"). Otherwise, if you don't indicate a : database to which to connect, it will assume you are trying to connect to : the user's database, which by default is the same name as the user. I'm : assuming that your web server is running under the "www-data" user account. : : If you explain more in detail what you want to accomplish, we will be able : to help better. : : -Dan : : : : Hi, : : I try to connect to a PostgreSQL database from my php script, and get the : following error: : : : : Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: Database : "www-data" does not exist in the system : : catalog. in /home/lao/proj/hajnalcsillag/www/classes/DBConnection.php on : line 10 : : : : The code is: : : <? : : : : class DBConnection : : { : : var $con_string; : : : : function DBConnection() : : { : : $con_string = "dbname=hajnalcsillag user=lao password=abc123 : host=localhost port=5432"; : : $ret = pg_connect( $this->con_string ); : : } : : } : : : : ?> : : : : I could solve part of the problem by creating a user and database called : 'www-data'. : : Since I have several sites on the same server, I need more independent : db-s, so this solution is not enough. : : This seems to be a configuration problem, but I don't know where to turn : off this (security?) option. : : : : The versions are: : : PHP Version 4.1.0RC1 : : PostgreSQL 7.1.3 : : Apache/1.3.22 : : Debian sid : : : : Could anyone help me please? : : Thanks, Peter : : : : ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- : : TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? : : : : http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html : : : : : ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- : TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx :