Re: getting pg_connect error?

[Andrew Ziem <andrzejziem@hotmail.com>]

Cornelia Boenigk wrote:
> Hi Andrew
>
>
> > You're right.  That was a typo in the newsgroup, but pg_last_error()
> > still doesn't work because $rc is boolean, not a resouce connection
>
> type.
> If your connection to the database server fails you cannot get any
> error-message from the server ;-)

I can do it with PHP and MySQL!  =)

How about this.  Can I list PostgreSQL database files from PHP?  With 
MySQL and PHP, I just connect to the server.  Then, I can query whether 
the database file exists ("SHOW DATABASES").  If not, I create it.  How 
do I do that with PostgreSQL?

> function open()
> {
> $rc = @pg_connect("db=wishiwhereusingmysql");
>
> if (!$rc)
> {
> echo "Connection failed";
> }
> else
> {
> return ($rc);
> }
> }
>
> Regards
> Conni


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