Raymond, Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll jump right into it. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod@xxxxxx> To: "ray joseph" <ray@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:08 AM Subject: Re: How to test my new install > On 01/02/2010 12:21, ray joseph wrote: > > Raymond, > > > > Thank you. Yes, that sounds like a great step. I am new to this so I could > > use a little help: What do you mean to connect to it and how would I do it? > > psql is the command-line client for Postgres, which lets you connect to > databases and run SQL commands directly against them. You can read about > it here: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/app-psql.html > > On the XP machine, open a command prompt and type.... > > [path to PG install dir]\bin\pgsql -U [username] [databasename] > > ...and see if you can connect to the database. If you can connect and > run queries, then the DB server is running. > > If your app stack is connecting from a different machine, I'd then try > connecting from that machine to see if there are any network issues that > would prevent the connection. > > Ray. > > -- > Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland > rod@xxxxxx > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
