Re: (A) native Windows port

Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > 
> > However, the limiting factor is that we don't have a mechanism to have
> > both databases running at the same time currently. 
> 
> How so ?
> 
> AFAIK I can run as many backends as I like (up to some practical limit)
> on the same comuter at the same time, as long as they use different
> ports and different data directories.

We don't have an automated system for doing this.  Certainly it is done
all the time.

> > Intersting idea, but I am not sure what that buys us.  Having pg_dump
> > separate makes maintenance easier.
> 
> can pg_dump connect to single-user-mode backend ?

Uh, no, I don't think so.

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