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To: "Collin F. Lynch" <clynch@water2.cs.umass.edu>
cc: lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu, pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] libpgtcl.so.2.0 
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:09:05 -0400
Message-ID: <12607.933376145@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

"Collin F. Lynch" <clynch@water2.cs.umass.edu> writes:
> 	I am now attempting to execute my 
> script in pgtclsh and am being told:
	
> 	Connection to database failed
> 	Unsupported frontend protocol.
> 	    while executing
> 	"pg_connect $Database -host $Host"
	
> 	The Server in QUestion is 6.5-1 running on a pure Redhat 6.0 (intel) box.

I'll bet a nickel that your client is actually connecting to your 6.3
server, not the 6.5 one.  Check host names, port numbers, TCP vs
Unix-socket protocol.  One conclusive check is to see which postmaster's
error log gets a copy of the "unsupported protocol" gripe...

			regards, tom lane