Re: how to change the port number for the Postgres server

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 11:10:51 Jessica Richard wrote:
> Everything was running fine under the default number 5432. After the port
> number was changed to another number in postresql.conf file and the server
> was restarted, dblink is broken, it is still looking for the old port
> number 5432... not sure if everything else is broken as well...
>
> So, how to change the port number cleanly? There other Postgis components
> on the system too.
>
> Thanks,
> Jessica
>
>
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Not sure if this is a full fix per dblink but you might try setting this in
the postgres .bashrc or .profile (or even in /etc/profile)

export PGPORT=5555
# of course change 5555 to your new port number

/Kevin