Re: [Pginstaller-devel] RE: Win32 PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 1 Installer available

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
> Sent: 09 August 2004 18:34
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Jochem van Dieten; pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org;
> pginstaller-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [Pginstaller-devel] RE: [pgsql-hackers-win32]
> Win32 PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta 1 Installer available
>
> Dave Page wrote:
> >
> >
>
> > Excellent, thanks for the report.
> >
>
> >
> > Not yet, but hopefully it will be in the future. There are
> two issues:
> >
> > 1) You can't change the port number yet.
>
> We'd want an automatic append of the port number in
> postgresql.conf, and an information in the registry so
> pgadmin3 can detect it.
> > Of course, even when that's done it will only be possible
> to install
> > instances of different versions - if you want multiple instances of
> > the same version, just initdb a new location and start a new
> > postmaster on a different port.
>
> IMHO it doesn't make sense to support different versions, but
> not different clusters. initdb is *not* sufficient, the
> service information has to be generated too and initdb
> doesn't know about that. For those guys who need two clusters
> an installer option would be helpful. While I don't really
> see what this is good for.. Former Oracle users might be
> mislead, thinking they need it for multiple DBs.

I disagree - the ability to run 2 versions at once is great for testing.
Those that need 2 instances of the same version will probably be in the
minority, and if they can configure it themselves, then they can
certainly add the required servers to pgAdmin.

This would actually help your former Oracle users, as it makes it less
easy to install 2 clusters of the same version.

/D