In addition to that, check you pg_hba.conf file for restrictions to using the db over ip. Rgds, Stephan On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 08:49, jeff fitzmyers wrote: > I'm not sure, but you might try: CREATE USER www-data; > and then give the user permissions for the table: > GRANT INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE ON "personnel" TO "www-data"; > > jeff > > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, at 01:18 PM, Jeff Self wrote: > > > Ok, I tried this and this is the error message I get now: > > > > Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: user > > "www-data" does not exist in /var/www/personnel/include/database.inc on > > line 9 > > Could not connect to database. > > > > www-data is the user and group for apache. I don't know what to make of > > this. > > > > Here's my database.inc file: > > > > <?php > > // > > // database.inc > > // > > // Database Information > > > > $dbname = "personnel"; > > > > $conn = pg_pconnect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=$dbname"); > > if (!$conn) { > > echo "Could not connect to database."; > > exit; > > } > > ?> > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 15:54, timothy_maguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >> When I connect I don't like to use the user name attribute. You might > >> also > >> want to try the port attribute. > >> > >> Try something like this: > >> > >> $conn =pg_connect("host=localhost port=5432 dbname=personnel") or die > >> ("unable to connect to Internal DB"); > >> > >> Tim. > >> > >> Timothy P. Maguire > >> Web Developer II > >> Harte-Hanks > >> 978 436 3325 > > > > -- > > Jeff Self > > Information Technology Analyst > > Department of Personnel > > City of Newport News > > 2400 Washington Ave. > > Newport News, VA 23607 > > 757-926-6930 > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) -- ÿþS