Re: setting port number? making 7.4.1 cygwin and 8.0.1 msi

Daniel Convissor schrieb:
> I'm presently running 7.4.1 cygwin as a service on a Windows 2000 machine.  
> That was installed using the instructions in 
> c:/cygwin/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.1.README. I'd also like to 
> install PostgreSQL 8.0.1 on the same machine via the postgresql-8.0.msi 
> and hope some folks here can provide some insights.
> 
> To install multiple versions of MySQL, one must have each version 
> responding on different ports.  I'm assuming the same thing would need to 
> be done with postmaster.  Is this true?
> 
> If so, how do I initialize/install the service for 7.4.1/cygwin to be on a 
> different port?
> 
> Any other helpful pointers about setting up a dual postmaster system?

I haven't tried that yet, but using sockets for the cygwin system would 
be better: easier to maintain (no conflicting ports) and faster.

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Reini Urban
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