Re: Multiple logical databases

On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Chris Campbell wrote:

> On Feb 3, 2006, at 08:05, 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.
>
> What if you assigned multiple IPs to a machine, then used ipfw (or  
> something) to forward connections to port 5432 for each IP to the  
> proper IP and port?

If he had multiple ips couldn't he just make them all listen only on  
one specific ip (instead of '*') and just use the default port?