Re: [GENERAL] Cannot create database

2003-10-05 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Domagoj Cajic writes: > then i attempted to create "my first database" following the > instructions from tutorial, but i get this message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# createdb mydb > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting

Re: [GENERAL] Cannot create database

2003-10-05 Thread darren
Have you started the database server (postmaster)?? Try in the bin directory looking for pg_ctl bin and issuing pg_ctl start. This will start the db server (postmaster) then you should be able to issue the createdb command HTH Darren On 5 Oct 2003, Domagoj Cajic wrote: > First i want to sa

[GENERAL] Cannot create database

2003-10-05 Thread Domagoj Cajic
First i want to say that i just subscribed to this mailing list and this is my first post. :) im new to postgresql and i installed it recently on linux redhat 9 system following the instructions from administrators tutorial. then i attempted to create "my first database" following the instruction