Thanks! It ended up being the pg_hba.conf configured for ident sameuser instead of trust.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen T. Vermeulen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:46 AM To: Kevin Lambert Cc: libpqxx-general@gborg.postgresql.org Subject: Re: [libpqxx-general] pqxx::broken_connection error when connecting to database On Fri, February 16, 2007 01:46, Kevin Lambert wrote: > On two separate systems I have identical databases named "kevin" (no > quotes) > with postgres installed and libpqxx installed. On both systems if I > log in as the postgres user I can run "psql" and explore both > databases and all of > my information is present. On my development box if I run my application > which uses libpqxx it connects into the database and is able to retrieve > and > update data but if I run the same exact application on my target box > (which > also has FC6 installed) I end up getting "broken_connect" exceptions every > time I try to connect in. I have verified the database and user both > exist > through psql and just can't figure out what else is going wrong to not let > me connect. What error message are you getting with your exception? Is the server logging anything? The two setups may simply have different authentication configurations in pg_hba.conf. Jeroen _______________________________________________ Libpqxx-general mailing list Libpqxx-general@gborg.postgresql.org http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/libpqxx-general