Re: two or more pg installations running as the same user

From: Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Grzegorz Jas'kiewicz <gryzman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: two or more pg installations running as the same user
Date: 2008-11-25 22:29:22
Message-ID: 492C7C42.2040807@gmail.com
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Grzegorz Jas'kiewicz wrote:
> hey folks,
>
> I am thinking about testing enviroment here, and gotta setup temporary
> instalation of postgres for that. More than one, because software
> operates on few different connections, to different databases.
> I know I can do it under same user, just by changing PGDATA/PGPORT
> before initdb gets to run. But will it be safe otherwise ?

Yep.

If they are different versions of postgres (eg 8.2/8.3), make sure you
initdb with the right one :)

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