> Close. There was an Msys build from the 9th running on port 5432. > 2) VC++ and Msys builds will both happily start on the same > port at the same time. The first one to start listens on 5432 > until it shuts down, at which point the second server takes > over seamlessly! It doesn't matter which is started first - > it's as if Windows is queuing up the listens on the port.
Um, we explicitly set SO_REUSEADDR. So the port will happily allow a second bind. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307175 quote: "If you use SO_REUSADDR to bind multiple servers to the same port at the same time, only one random listening socket accepts a connection request." Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
