Parent topic: Database client environment
Database connections / Database client environment

PostgreSQL

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