Re: Different Port for PostgreSQL?
Dan Ostrowski <dan@triad-dev.com>
From: "Dan Ostrowski" <dan@triad-dev.com>
To: "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-09-23T18:45:31Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Wonderful! Thanks very much. dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org> To: "Dan Ostrowski" <dan@triad-dev.com> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Different Port for PostgreSQL? > Hi Dan, > > If you're going to be using PostgreSQL 7.2.2 (the latest recommended > version), then the port number is a setting you can change in your > postgresql.conf file. This file is created inside the PostgreSQL "data" > directory when you first initialise the database with "initdb". > > This file is also very well commented and easy to figure out, so you'll > be fine to just open it with a text editor and make the required change, > then restart PostgreSQL. As a precaution, it's a good idea to make a > backup of your postgresql.conf file too, just in case something goes > wrong while you're editing (unlikely though). > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > -- > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html