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Request #42398 pg_(p)connect produces uninformative error messages
Submitted: 2007-08-23 13:45 UTC Modified: 2013-08-06 22:37 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: webmaster at touchingvirus dot net Assigned: yohgaki (profile)
Status: Wont fix Package: PostgreSQL related
PHP Version: 5.2.3 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-08-23 13:45 UTC] webmaster at touchingvirus dot net 
Description:
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When connecting to a pgSQL server (I use 8.2) with a wrong username, password or port in the connection string, the error given is really uninformative to the user and actually suggests a problem with the postgreSQL server:

"Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: server closed the connection unexpectedly This probably means the server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request."

The server didn't terminate & the connection was refused/aborted

Expected result:
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To be honest, I expected an error that was similar to that of mySQL - though I know that is because mySQL actually produces good error messages =)

e.g.

Access denied for: root@localhost (Using Password: YES)


The psql binary errors with the expect errors like:

psql: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "root"

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 [2011-01-01 23:09 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: PostgreSQL related
 [2012-03-29 10:00 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: yohgaki
 [2013-08-06 22:37 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Wont fix
 [2013-08-06 22:37 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
This is because PostgreSQL library set these uninformative error message.

php > $db = pg_connect('host=192.168.100.50 user=postgres password=dummy');

Warning: pg_connect(): Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect 
to server: Connection refused
	Is the server running on host "192.168.100.50" and accepting
	TCP/IP connections on port 5432? in php shell code on line 1
 
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