Hi guys, Anyone out there with experience of using PostgreSQL? I could really do with some help in linking Windows '95 systems to the PostgreSQL server running on a Linux box. PostgreSQL is running just fine and I can use the KPSQL client to access the database tables on both of my Linux based machines. Can't get Interactive PSQL for Windows to talk to either though. Even after altering the pg_hba.conf file as suggested in the PostgreSQL users manual. The whole point of this is to create a school 'data warehouse' for pupil grades, targets, sats and exam results etc, with an aim to progress monitoring. I already have it running under Lotus Approach via an NT network. I'm also the network manager for a state school - we buy from whom we like and run what we like - at the moment we have an IBM / Elonex hardware base running NT Server 4, Win '95 & '98. We also have a Linux Intranet & Samba Server running (hosting file services for some 600 users). With regard to the ongoing debate, you have to be prepared to try things out. I've managed RM based systems before and hated every minute of it. I'm not a teacher but a full time techie (we have some forward thinking state schools in Wales you know). No formal training in ANY operating system whatsoever! The only way that anybody is going to bring Linux into schools is to sit down and incorporate it into the school network - start with an intranet server, then introduce file and print services, email and proxy servers. set up and play with a Samba server and then bite the bullet and try one (on the lower school pupils in the first instance). My aim is to have an e-commerce type system set up within the school relying on Linux / Perl / Apachce / ProgresSQL. When it's done (and if it works!) it's yours if you want it! But.... in the mean time, anyone know anything about linking SQL clients to backend databases via TCP/IP? (before I start some really intensive reading and research that is...) Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School alanh@bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk