Ralph Smith <smithrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I just can't connect to a database, though I can to others as other > users... You're confused about the rules for case sensitivity. > postgres=# CREATE DATABASE LabNews_dev WITH OWNER=xyz ENCODING='UTF8' ; > CREATE DATABASE This got folded to lower case, since you didn't double-quote the name. However, most places where you use a database name outside the context of SQL commands, no such folding occurs --- in particular not on psql's command line, and IIRC not in pg_hba.conf either. regards, tom lane