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I have tried to connect to postgres the same way I connect to phpmyadmin but it seems that the connection fails.. What I did was to copy and paste my credentials into the php file.. I was wondering if i need to activate the postgres database before trying to connect?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Best..

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PostgreSQL version? Exact error message text? – Craig Ringer Sep 3 '12 at 23:17
    
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What error message do you get?

You need to at least add the database to your app before it will be available - see this answer here. Have you been able to add the app and see the database credentials?

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