Re: [HACKERS] libpq port number handling - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sam Mason
Subject Re: [HACKERS] libpq port number handling
Date
Msg-id 20090925173858.GM22438@samason.me.uk
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] libpq port number handling  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-general
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 09:29:24AM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 20:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > BTW, are port numbers still limited to 16 bits in IPv6?
>
> Port numbers are in TCP, not in IP.

I'd checked that it should work with IPv6, but I hadn't realized that
it was because ports were at a different level of abstraction.  This
mailing list is good for otherwise obscure details like that!

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