On 2008-04-11 08:53, J Ottery wrote: > I install PostgreSQL on a client PC and put the data files on a > networked drive (instead of the local drive). Postgres as user and > localport. This works well. This is not the way it is meant to work, and it can eat your data. > Now I install postgresSQL on another client machine and point it to > the same data directory on the network drive. Wrong. You have to install PostgreSQL on one computer, with data directory on local hard drive, and allow many client computers to connect to it. > Will this setup work OK for multiple / concurrent users and accessing > the same tables on either of the client machines or is there something > else I need to be aware of? It won't work. Don't even try. Regards Tometzky -- ...although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were... Winnie the Pooh