node server can't connect to postgres db

Question

I recently switched from MySQL to postgres as my database for an node.js project. While I\'m able to reach my remote postgres database from my local pgAdmin III (OSX) client

Answer 1

It appears that node-postgres doesn't accept a hashtag in your password. After removing the hashtag I was able to connect without a problem. Wouldn't have thought of that and it didn't strike me as a problem since pgAdmin accepted it.

The best solution would be to use encodeURIComponent to encode your password string. This would allow for hashtags to be used in the URL.