Re: Multiple logical databases

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Mark Woodward <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>
Cc: Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Multiple logical databases
Date: 2006-02-03 13:34:25
Message-ID: 20060203133425.GB5009@svana.org
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 08:05:48AM -0500, Mark Woodward wrote:
> Using the "/etc/hosts" file or DNS to maintain host locations for is a
> fairly common and well known practice, but there is no such mechanism for
> "ports." The problem now becomes a code issue, not a system administration
> issue.

Actually, there is, it's in /etc/services and the functions are
getservbyname and getservbyport. I wonder if it'd be possible to have
psql use this if you put a string in the port part of the connect
string.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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