Hi On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, Scott Robinson wrote:
> Dear All, > > I am new to pgAdmin, running v9.1 on Windows Vista (much to my dismay). > > I am trying to set up a connection to a public server at flybase.org, the > details of which are listed at > http://gmod.org/wiki/Public_Chado_Databasesunder "direct chado access". Using > any of the settings for "maintenance DB" > in the drop-down menu I get the error: > > "Error connecting to the server: ERROR: No such database: postgres" (or > template1 or whatever). > > Does this mean one can only connect to a public database if it is "set up" > for pgAdmin on the server side or is there a different mode of connection > which doesn't involve a "maintenance DB"? > > Apologies in advance if I have missed something obvious in the > documentation. > You can type any database name there - the ones in the list are just defaults. Just enter 'flybase' (without the quotes) and your should be good to go. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
