Hi Joerg, thank you for answering my post. * Joerg Budischewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [170305, 22:58]: > Hi, > > >I tried SDBC connection also and I'm getting the same error: complaining > >about user and password (that, of course, are correct). > How do you pass user and password currently with the sdbc driver ? > OOo-1.1.4: Tools > Data Sources; and then in the Dialog Box General: name > mydb database_type > postgresql data source URL > sdbc:postgresql:host=local user=real_name or " " " " :host=localhost user=real_name dbname=mydb and similar other combinations.
> Did you have a look at the postgres server log about the concrete error > message of your authentication attempt ? > Yes, and it doesn't seem to give authentication errors. Here are a few of its most significative lines: 2005-03-18 01:24:09 [5403] LOG: database system was shut down at 2005-03-17 02:20:12 CET 2005-03-18 01:24:09 [5403] LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/7B49508 2005-03-18 01:24:09 [5403] LOG: redo record is at 0/7B49508; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE 2005-03-18 01:24:09 [5403] LOG: next transaction ID: 284222; next OID: 59598 2005-03-18 01:24:09 [5403] LOG: database system is ready 2005-03-18 01:24:13 [5419] LOG: connection received: host=[local] port= 2005-03-18 01:24:13 [5419] LOG: connection authorized: user=postgres database=template1 [....same rows for other databases.....] 2005-03-18 01:24:17 [5425] LOG: connection received: host=[local] port= 2005-03-18 01:24:17 [5425] LOG: connection authorized: user=postgres database=mydb 2005-03-18 01:24:17 [5426] LOG: connection received: host=[local] port= 2005-03-18 01:24:17 [5426] LOG: connection authorized: user=postgres database=odontolinux Strange enough: I just tried to connect while the server was shut down and received the same OOo error message I receive when postgresql is up: "No connection could be established for the URL" "sdbc:postgresql:host=local user=real_name" "Please check the current settings, for example user name and passwd" Of course the password is the same password the user uses to log into linux. [I'm using linux Debian/Sarge with kernel 2.4.27] Regards, Ennio -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fa' qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) ] (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. )=( Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say) ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]