Problem with psql on Win32

Started by Avishay Orpazover 23 years ago2 messageshackers
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#1Avishay Orpaz
avishorp@walla.co.il

I'm trying to run psql on Windows 2000, but it prints an error message
saying:

psql: could not create socket: An address incompatible with the requested
protocol was used.
(0x0000273F)

Debugging a small application I have written myself, I have discovered that
the function 'socket' inside the database connection function fails with the
error: "The specified address family is not supported".

From the cygwin environment, psql is running fine, and I have properly
installed cygipc.

Does anyone know that problem?

Thank you,
Avishay Orpaz

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Avishay Orpaz (#1)
Re: Problem with psql on Win32

"Avishay Orpaz" <avishorp@walla.co.il> writes:

I'm trying to run psql on Windows 2000, but it prints an error message
saying:

psql: could not create socket: An address incompatible with the requested
protocol was used.
(0x0000273F)

Debugging a small application I have written myself, I have discovered that
the function 'socket' inside the database connection function fails with the
error: "The specified address family is not supported".

Try "psql -h localhost" (or set PGHOST environment variable). I don't
think Unix-socket connections exist in Windows.

regards, tom lane