[ic] Interchange remote Postgres TCP

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

Stephen Peters wrote:
> I can't seem to get interchange to  connect to a remote Postgres server.
> I have the following entry
> in /var/lib/interchange/catalogs/standard/catalog.cfg
> 
> ifndef SQLDSN
> Variable  SQLDSN  dbi:Pg:dbname=standard;host='my.postgres.server':5432
> Variable  SQLDB   standard
> Variable  SQLUSER standard
> Variable  SQLPASS lamepassword
> endif
> 
> When I try to start Interchange I get the following errors:
> 
> Configuring catalog standard...Using PostgreSQL,
> DSN=dbi:Pg:dbname=standard...table 'tree' failed: connect failed
> (create) -- could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>         Is the server running locally and accepting
>         connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> 
> 
> table 'state' failed: connect failed (create) -- could not connect to
> server: No such file or directory
>         Is the server running locally and accepting
>         connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> 
> etc, etc....
> 
> Is my configuration correct for a Postgres setup?
> How do I configure Interchange to connect to a remote database?

DBD::Pg manual page shows this SQLDSN syntax:

$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=$dbname;host=$host;port=$port;", ...

Regards
	Racke


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