Re: [GENERAL] postgres not allowing new database?

2000-09-10 Thread lee johnson
well i'm in :-) whew!! likely i missed reading howto somewhere in docs dunno regarldess i got in via: from console: su postgres postmaster -i -D /usr/local/data ( i was getting can't connect tcp/ip error before so i put in the -i trigger as suggested ) then I started pgaccess [database na

Re: [Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] postgres not allowing new database?]

2000-09-10 Thread lee johnson
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data > chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data > su - postgres > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data line 3 not working display weird stuff that doesn't seem to apply to what I"m doingsee below.. - [handiman@localhost handiman]$ s

Re: [GENERAL] postgres not allowing new database?

2000-09-07 Thread lee johnson
"Trewern, Ben" wrote: You need to create a database first and connect to it. Best to do createdb testdb at the command line below is error i get when trying to do above command i realize i need to start postmaster but all trys not successful as from docs i can't tell how to get m

Re: [GENERAL]

2000-08-15 Thread Lee Johnson
just wondering is postgresq a program that will allow similar things as does microsofts's access..i use access for my current database for company.. cuz i've noticed in the description things like "server"..which i'm not on i'm end user of linux looking for good database for use in