"Charles Clavadetscher" <clavadetscher@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Are you sure that you really use exactly the same code? The indication > "survice unknown" seems to point to an error in the URL and not to an > authorization problem. Maybe some encoding problem? THnaks for your hints. Yes, exactly the same code. Exactly the same query: two consoles, one with postgres, other with ipython. Postgres gives the error; ipython works. > The irritating thing is that you mention that it works sometimes and > sometimes not. Getting back to the encoding problem idea, is there a > difference if you call the function with a name containing special > characters (e.g. "é", "à", "ñ") or not? No special characters in the query. To be honest: it worked only 2-3 times at work and I thought 'finally I managed to do it work'. But since then, it is not working anymore... In any case: I'm pretty sure it is a problem of postgres which is not able to make the connection. If I put a parameter timeout=15, postgres gives immediately the same error. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general