[LRUG] Postgresql issue - all help welcome!

[Derek Breslin]

Hi everyone

This is my first message on here. I've been working through the Michael Hartl Rails tutorial online, adapting it slightly for a project of my own that I'm working on. However, I've come really unstuck now that I'm moving from using mysql to using Postgresql. I've got it working fine externally as far as I can tell (on the web server, via Heroku), but can't connect at all on the local server on my Macbook. 

I appear to have been through a whole range of different error messages, from fe_sendauth no password supplied, to user/ database does not exist, and I've spent a month trawling stackexchange etc trying a range of solutions. I've come to the conclusion that every time I try and fix it, there's a risk I'm just mangling the problem even further. 

I assume there is someone out there for whom this is all incredibly easy to fix, but I'm learning on my own and don't have a network of knowledgeable people to fall back on. With that in mind, I'm throwing myself at your mercy. Is there anyone out there who could offer to fix this for me? I'm happy to meet anywhere in London (a cafe, or at your house or wherever) at either a weekday evening or weekend, bring my Macbook and have you fix this for me. Would anyone be willing?

I'm more than happy to pay someone £20 to do this for me - I know the point of this group is possibly more about exchanging knowledge and trying out solutions, but I'm really losing motivation. The main frustration is that this is just getting the database working, so that I
 can learn the coding which I care more about! I'm happy doing trial-and-error on the code, but 
not being able to reach it in the first place is really dispiriting. 

If anyone's able to offer their help, I'll be incredibly grateful. My email is derek.breslin at outlook.com if you're willing. Thanks! 

 		 	   		  
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