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Database client environment
PostgreSQL
The PGDIR environment variable must define the PostgreSQL software installation path.
The PATH environment variable must define the access path to database client programs.
On UNIX™, LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or equivalent) must hold the path to
$PGDIR/lib
.
The PostgreSQL client library
'PGDIR/lib/libpq*'
must be available.
On the database server, the
pg_hba.conf
file must define security policies.
Make sure the database client locale is properly defined.
You can make a connection test with the PostgreSQL psql tool.