X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFC29DC868 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:08:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 45551-06 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:08:26 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2964B9DC84E for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:08:25 -0400 (AST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k04G8N629967; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:08:23 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200601041608.k04G8N629967@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: mark wath catalogs are shared - was:(Re: [NOVICE] which database In-Reply-To: <2975.1136389574@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: Tom Lane Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:08:23 -0500 (EST) CC: Jaime Casanova , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.121 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.121] X-Spam-Score: 0.121 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/13 X-Sequence-Number: 3403 Tom Lane wrote: > Jaime Casanova writes: > > On 1/3/06, pres wrote: > >> i would find it helpful if Table 42-1 included a column that identified > >> whehter each catalog is shared or not. convenient, but given that the > >> documentation does contain it, not necessary. > > > is this acceptable or usefull? if so, i can do it after work... > > It seems like clutter to me. Whether a catalog is shared or not is not > necessarily the first thing you want to know about it. I am thinking the table should be split into two, one for the global tables, and another for the db-local tables. I don't think we make it clear enough which tables are global. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073