Hi: --- "Michael J. McGillick" <mmcgillick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi: > > > > I'm trying to learn how to set up a .php file to > connect to my > PostgreSQL database. From the command line, I can > connect, open and work > in the database on my machine. However, if I create > a .php page with the > following information: > > > > $db = pg_connect("dbname=baseball > user=postgres"); > > > > I get the following error message: > > > > Warning: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: > FATAL 1: IDENT > authentication failed for user "postgres" in > /var/www/html/baseball.php > on line 10. Try checking the file "pg_hba.conf" ( Usually in /usr/local/pgsql/data). It seems that your connection requires a password. try to set the "auth_type" to "trust" in "pg_hba.conf" to skip password check or use "pg_connect(dbname=baseball user=postgres password=<password of the user account "postgres");" Hope that helps. ludwig. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com