Hi, Oliver: Thank you for your hint about pgaccess. I took away the localhost in the hostbox and it works just as you said.
Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University Ada, OH 45810 > If you fill in the host box (even with `localhost') pgaccess tries to > make a TCP/IP connection, which requires `postmaster -i'. Clear the > host field; this will make pgaccess use a UNIX socket connection. > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver