How do you connect to local PostgreSQL in Heroku?

Question

When I researched this I found that the tutorial here is missing crucial information and there are several questions here and complaints online about something about this tutorial. I am wondering if someone here successfully connected to Heroku local Postgresql in Windows and can help me. Presently I am stuck with this command

c:\>export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost:5432/shouter
'export' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Is there a solution to this?

Answer 1

The export command from *nix is SET in Windows, so you should try:

SET DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost:5432/shouter

Here's a Windows commands reference page An AZ Index of the Windows CMD command line .

Answer 2

You should add postgresql to your environment variables in windows. See this tutorial: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

The Heroku article does mention this in passing, but you should add something like "c:\\postgresql\\bin" to the environment variable. Restart the command line, and see if the command works. (don't copy/paste my path, as you have to find your own path to /bin)

Although not strictly required, you ought to check out PgAdmin, as it is very helpful to visualize and manage your database, including where you are exporting your database.