Re: PostgresSQL Setup error

On 7/9/25 07:06, Jordan Adams wrote:
> Hi Team,
> 
> Hope this email finds you well,
> 
> Apologies as I am unaware if this is the correct mailing address.
> 
> I would however like to inquire about an issue currently being 
> experienced with Postgres with one of our external clients.
> 
> When doing the setup and following the steps accordingly with regards to 
> adding the details for PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver and testing, I run 
> into an error where it states the below.
> 
> *note - I was provided with the username and password .
> 
> "psql: FATAL: password authentication failed"

Was that the complete message?

Not something like:

psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5482 
failed: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "aklaver"


Also provide:

1) Postgres version.

2) Client version.

> 
> Please advise if assistance can be provided?
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Jordan Adams
> 
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com