I went to the Start menu and opened a psql shell. I entered some information, but when I entered the password, it said authentication failed.
Server localhost, the default Database the file previously mentioned pg_dump-sfpg-2017-08-18 Port 5432 Username Ira Password sql1-- Fatal error When this happened within R, I found the following. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18587710/change-reset-postgresql-user-password-on-windows-7 However, I was unable to follow the instructions. Note also that I have never used psql. Someone sent me a file which I intended to analyze using R. I do know how to write SQL queries, having used SQL Server. On 8/26/2017 9:47 PM, John wrote: > On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:35:31 -0700 > Ira Sharenow via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > > Can you access the postgres database through psql or some other route? > Also, do you require a password to access the database from these > alternatives? > > JWDougherty > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
