Harpreet Dhaliwal wrote: > LOl..that ';' is quite obvious. Though i forgot to include that in the mail. > Sorry about that. > Also, do u think that while starting the postgresql server using 'pg_ctl > start', there is some -i option that needs to be included with it so that > the DB server accepts tcp connections? > One of the guys in the postgres community was talking about it. don't know > how true is that because there's no such option like that for pg_ctl start > in the postgres manual. If you want TCP connections, adjust postgresql.conf accordingly; either the tcpip_socket parameter, or listen_addresses, depending on the Postgres version you are using. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.