Re: Multiple logical databases

From: Rick Gigger <rick(at)alpinenetworking(dot)com>
To: Chris Campbell <chris(at)bignerdranch(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Woodward <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Multiple logical databases
Date: 2006-02-03 17:43:38
Message-ID: 0C302E10-608C-4233-94DE-91C0F85FE7AB@alpinenetworking.com
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On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Chris Campbell wrote:

> On Feb 3, 2006, at 08:05, Mark Woodward wrote:
>
>> Using the "/etc/hosts" file or DNS to maintain host locations for
>> is a
>> fairly common and well known practice, but there is no such
>> mechanism for
>> "ports." The problem now becomes a code issue, not a system
>> administration
>> issue.
>
> What if you assigned multiple IPs to a machine, then used ipfw (or
> something) to forward connections to port 5432 for each IP to the
> proper IP and port?

If he had multiple ips couldn't he just make them all listen only on
one specific ip (instead of '*') and just use the default port?

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