settings.py for localhost should specify localhost for postgresql (at least in my case)

[anonymous]

Documentation within file says just to leave it blank if you use a localhost. I found that I had to put in the term localhost. This may depend on your postgresql installation. I'm running 8.1.0.

Let me know if you need some copies of my postgresql config files.

[Michael Radziej <mir@…>]

You're right: The comment in the default settings.py *is* misleading, because an empty host means that postgresql is accessed over a unix domain socket, which is something completely different then accessing it over IP at 'localhost'. But for mysql, the comment is correct, IIRC.

If anybody has a good idea for what words to use, please add it to the ticket ;-)

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

Rather than changing the comment in settings.py, which is accurate as far as it goes -- it does connect to the local host, we just don't specify how -- and is only intended to be a quick reminder, I've updated settings.txt. That is the definitive place for explanations.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

(In [5361]) Fixed #3227 -- Clarified DATABASE_HOST semantics for PostgreSQL.