I have Debian 2.1 PostgreSQL 6.5.3 with PHP 3.0.5 e php-pgsql module I have set up everything. Apache works, php works, pgsql module is loaded but this is the message whe i try to connect to the db: Unable to connect to PostgresSQL server: connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster running and accepting TCP/IP(with -i) connections at 'bigpaul' on port '5432'? in /var/www/ciao.php3 on line 34 The sintax to connect to the db is: <?PHP $dbserver = "bigpaul"; //bigpaul is my server name $dbport = "5432"; $database = "gestione"; $conn = pg_Connect ("host=$dbserver port=$dbport dbname=$database"); if (!$conn) { // Errore accesso al database echo "Si è verificato un errore.\n"; } else { pg_Exec................ In the documentation it is written that if you have this kind of problem it means that: 1) the postmaster it is not running 2) you have not specified the server name. But: I have the capabilities to use psql so I think that the postmaster is running (I can create db, tables etc.) I have specified, omitted, declared as "127.0.0.1" the server name So what can I do? Thanks G. -- LDR - Linux Domande e Risposte: http://web.tiscalinet.it/linuxfaq Pluto mirror: http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/LDR Gaetano Paolone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> E non dimenticate Linuxlinks: http://jump.to/linuxlinks ************