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I'm setting up Postgresql for use with a Rails app, but I do not seem to be able to connect to, or properly configure, the database (the errors I get after starting the Rails server are: ActiveRecord::...
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I tried creating a user called postgres. I reinstalled postgres through brew. I'm able to run it with postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres when I run mix ecto.create, I still get the error: ~/code/...
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I'm in a corporate environment (running Debian Linux) and didn't install it myself. I access the databases using Navicat or phpPgAdmin (if that helps). I also don't have shell access to the server ...
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I'm using Postgres.app for Mac. I've used it in the past on other machines but it's giving me some trouble when installing on my MacBook. I've installed the application and I ran: psql -h localhost ...
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I'm setting up my PostgreSQL 9.1. I can't do anything with PostgreSQL: can't createdb, can't createuser; all operations return the error message Fatal: role h9uest does not exist h9uest is my account ...
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I installed Postgresql 9.4.0 installed on my Mac (10.10.1/Yosemite) using homebrew. It does not work. I have created the softlink to /usr/local/opt/postgresql/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist in ~/...
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I am having this issue third or forth time where after restarting my Mac (Yosemite and same thing with previous OSX version) postgres server doesn't start. I had installed my postgres following this ...
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I'm getting an error when trying to create a database. I have postgres installed and I've already made a few test projects successfully. And, I've not seen this error. Any help would be great: ERROR: ...
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I'm a newbie and new to Postgresql. I'm following a tutorial online and after downloading and extracting the dvdrental.zip into dvdrental.tar . I changed directory to my postgres bin location. And ...
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I have been using PostgreSQL for a couple of days and it has been working fine. I have been using it through both the default postgres database user as well as another user with permissions. In the ...
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I am on Linux Mint Cinnamon 2.2.16. During the process of getting Rails up and running, I am having problems with Postgres. postgres@BL ~ $ psql --version psql (Postgres-XC) 1.1 (based on ...
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I want to connect to my postgresql when running my python program. The issue i face is that my username is dave, but i can only access my database with the user postgres on linux. This constellation ...
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I am able to connect with psql and do what I want, not in IntelliJ. PostgreSQL version : postgres (PostgreSQL) 9.6.1 IntelliJ version : 2016.3.1 IntelliJ configuration : URL : jdbc:postgresql://...
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I've seen plenty of answers across the internet saying that to combat the psql:FATAL: role <username> does not exist one must use the createuser command, but about a dozen different attempts ...
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Background I am new to Postgres and currently going through the documentation as I'm learning to use it. I am having trouble understanding the Postgres user. I noticed that I can run psql postgres ...
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