Hello,
I am trying to use PostgreSQL database in Python using psycopg. I have
an issue, not basically with psycopg, but mainly with postgresql. I have
created an account guest, with superuser privileges and permission to
create tables, with a password 'guest'. When i try to use it for
accessig database in my python program, i get an authentication failure
error.
[python code]
from psycopg import connect
connection = connect("dbname=mydb user=guest password=guest")
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursour.execute("SELECT * FROM mytable")
......
......
[/python code]
But this gives me a "fatal error: Authentication failure" for user=guest
incorrect password=guest. I made sure that the password is correct. I
then checked the same using 'pgaccess' a GUI for accessing PostgreSQL
database. I used the same dbname, username and password, and i was able
to access my database, the 'mytable' table was there and had data i had
earlier inserted from the command line.
when i give 'psql mydb' am able to get the 'mydb=>'prompt, and thats how
i created mytable.
Where am i getting worng ? What is the proper method of setting up a
user and password in PostgreSQL. I was earlier using MySQL and i had no
such authentication problems. psql seems to a bit confusing as it
doesn't have a 'user=<uname> password=<pword>' option as in mysql to get
into mysql.
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With Regards
Parthan ('technofreak')
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