Re: Connecting to Postgres

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On 05 Jan 2001 08:53:53 -0500, Jeff Walls wrote:
> Ok, I admit it, I'm stupid.
> 
> I am trying to use gnome-db on RH 6 using Postgres 7.0 as my database.
> 
> Could someone give me a little hint on what I put in the GDA name field
> in the manager screen?
> 
> Everything I try comes back with a data source not found.
> 
> I have a name configured for PG and a database called test with 2
> tables. 
> 
> I can access this DB and tables with psql from the command line.
> 
> What am I doing wrong or missing?
> 
maybe it's nothing to do with the DSN name, but with the DSN string, which is

maybe incorrect. What does it look like?

If not, maybe it's a problem with gconf, which is the system used to
store configuration. Have you got a gconf process running when
gnomedb-fe is running?

cheers