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Thanks! <br />
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psql -hlocalhost -Upostgres<br />
psql -hlocalhost -Upostgres &nbsp;database_name<br />
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(At first I read it like &quot;database&quot; was a parameter name, with the space inbetween database and name.)<br />

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Thanks!

psql -hlocalhost -Upostgres
psql -hlocalhost -Upostgres  database_name

(At first I read it like "database" was a parameter name, with the space inbetween database and name.)


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I have just installed PostgreSQL 9.0.4 on my local machine (ubuntu 10.10), after removing 8.4. Now I want to import a database that is so large that the import in Pgadmin crashes. So I need psql to do this, but when I try, I get the following error:<br />
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psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is the server running locally and accepting<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;connections on Unix domain socket &quot;/var/run/postgresql/.s.PG<wbr />SQL.5432&quot;?<wbr /><br />
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The server seems to be running though, as I can open Pgadmin, create a database, etc. So I wonder if this is different from 8.4? How can I get this working?
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I have just installed PostgreSQL 9.0.4 on my local machine (ubuntu 10.10), after removing 8.4. Now I want to import a database that is so large that the import in Pgadmin crashes. So I need psql to do this, but when I try, I get the following error:

psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
	Is the server running locally and accepting
	connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

The server seems to be running though, as I can open Pgadmin, create a database, etc. So I wonder if this is different from 8.4? How can I get this working?

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