Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:42:12 -0700
From: Adam Haberlach <adam@newsnipple.com>
To: Deniz Hastorun <denizh@itu.edu.tr>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: problem connecting with libpq++ interface
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	from denizh@itu.edu.tr on Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:55:05AM +0300

On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:55:05AM +0300, Deniz Hastorun wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have a really strange problem . I'm trying to connect to PostgreSQL db
> from witin my C++  program and using the libpq++ interface functions . But
> strangely it won't connect and I'm receiving the following error message
> 
> connection to db failed.
>  Error returned:ERROR: PQconnectdb() - Missing '=' after 'template1' in
> conninfo
> 
> .here's my code
> PGconn *conn1;
> const char * dbname="template1";
> PgDatabase data(dbname);
> 	conn1=PQconnectdb(dbname);
> 	if (data.ConnectionBad())
> 	{
> 		cerr<<" connection to db failed."<< endl
> 			<<" Error returned:" <<  data.ErrorMessage() << endl;
> 		exit(1);
> 	}
> 
> any idea would be appreciated. thanks in advance!

I think you mean

const char * dbname="dbname=template1";

(and you don't need to do the PQconnectdb() , because the PgDatabase
object will make the connection for you...)

...hope this helps...have a nice day...


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