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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:12:49 +0100
From: John Reilly <jr@broadcom.ie>
Organization: Broadcom Eireann Research Ltd.
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Where can I get documentation on the using the JDBC
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Phil McGlauchlin wrote:
> I am trying to get the jdbc interface to work but I keep getting a
> SQLException "connection refused".

First of all, make sure you are running the postmaster with the "-i" option.

> Is this a userid/password problem? I first tried the url without a user,
> then with "postgres" and no password, and finally with a new user I created.
> I used the createuser command to create the user but I couldn't figure out
> how to set the password.

edit the pg_hba.conf to set the hosts that are allowed to access the db

To change user details like the password, use psql.  type "\h alter user"
for syntax details

John

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