Re: limit the database size

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 07:13, Laszlo Hornyak wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I believe you don`t need to recompile, just
> export PGDATA=/home/me/pgdata
> pg_initdb
> pg_ctl start
> and ready to go.

If you do this, each separate instance needs a different port. That can
be set in $PGDATA/postgresql.conf.

When you connect to the server (with psql or another frontend) you
specify the correct port for the server you want.

psql -p 5433 -d mydatabase

or

export PGPORT=5433
psql -d mydatabase

--
Oliver Elphick Oliver(dot)Elphick(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk
Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C
========================================
"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."
Proverbs 28:13