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From: Xue-Feng Yang <just4look@yahoo.com>
Subject: newbie question
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Can anyone help me on the following problem?

$psql -h localhost

psql: PQconnectPoll() -- connect() failed: Connection
refused
        Is the postmaster running (with -i) at
'localhost'
        and accepting connections on TCP/IP port '5432'?

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