=?iso-8859-1?q?Drag=F3n?= wrote: >>Leave the "hostname" and just about everything blank for the connection >>configuration. That should force the use of UNIX sockets rather than >>TCP/IP sockets. >> >>See /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf for changing security >>configuration, and /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init for options for the >>postmaster (like listening for TCP/IP connections). >> >> >>-- >>Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> > > Thanks Very Much to both of you. > > It works now. I 've just left everything blank except the 'database name >' >and works fine with pgaccess but no with mpsql, because mpsql doesn't >let me keep anything blank.
Then change /etc/postgresql/postmaster.init so that the postmaster allows TCP/IP connections. If you want to prevent access from other machines, you can edit /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf to allow access only from localhost. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" Matthew 5:43,44