"Siddharth Rath (sirath)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I tried to restart the DB/Postmaster it says :
> StreamServerPort: bind() failed: Cannot assign requested address
> Is another postmaster already running on port 5432?
> If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
> cannot create INET stream port
Did you try waiting a while, as suggested by the error message? Many
TCP stacks have a timeout before they will let a pre-existing port
number be reassigned. (This is to prevent any risk of packets for old
connections getting delivered to the new owner of the port.)
regards, tom lane
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