Re: question about installation

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:28 PM, martin soethof
<martinsoethof(at)hotmail(dot)com>wrote:

> Hello
> I have the following situation.
> I used a postgres installer that can choose seperate paths for the normal
> postgres and the data folder.
> I used this because i wanted to share a database on an external hard drive
> between 2 computers.
> I installed it on PC #1, the normal postgres files are on my D drive, the
> data folder and its components are on the portable F drive..
> Tomorrow i will be sitting behind PC #2, how should i install it..
> If i do install it the same way, won't that overwrite the existing data
> folder on the F drive and thus result in loss of data or a corrupt database.
> Or will postgres-installation simply notice i already have a data folder
> there and ask if i want to share this?
> Could you please guide me through the path of how to install postgresql on
> the 2nd computer, so that both computers share their data in the same
> folder..
> I used postgresql 8.4
>

The installer will not over-write any settings in your data folder and
continue as usual. Its an option where you can give a pre-existing data
folder to a new installation.

> Regards,
> Martin
>

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Regards,
Sachin Srivastava
EnterpriseDB, India