Database creation error: connection to server at “localhost” (::1), port 5432 failed: fatal: password authentication failed for user “openpg”

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When you encounter the error message “database creation error: connection to server at ‘localhost’ (::1), port 5432 failed: fatal: password authentication failed for user ‘openpg'”, it indicates that there was a failure in establishing a connection to the PostgreSQL database.

The error message specifically states that the password authentication for the user ‘openpg’ failed, which means that the supplied password for that user is incorrect.

To resolve this issue, you need to ensure that you are providing the correct password for the ‘openpg’ user when establishing the database connection. Double-check the password and try again.

Here is an example on how to connect to a PostgreSQL database using Python:

<html>
    <head>
        <title>PostgreSQL Connection Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="output"></div>
        <script>
            const {Pool} = require('pg');

            const connectionString = "postgresql://openpg:your_password@localhost:5432/your_database";
            const pool = new Pool({connectionString});

            pool.connect((err, client, release) => {
                if (err) {
                    document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = `Error connecting to database: ${err}`;
                } else {
                    document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = "Successfully connected to the database!";
                    release(); // release the connection
                }
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

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