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 219A79DC868 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:16:20 -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 44404-08 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:16:18 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19DD9DC818 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:16:17 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k04GGF2V003152; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:16:15 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian cc: Jaime Casanova , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: mark wath catalogs are shared - was:(Re: [NOVICE] which database to login to to create global users?) In-reply-to: <200601041608.k04G8N629967@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200601041608.k04G8N629967@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:08:23 -0500" Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:16:15 -0500 Message-ID: <3151.1136391375@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.066 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.066] X-Spam-Score: 0.066 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/14 X-Sequence-Number: 3404 Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> 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. That's even worse, as it converts the distinction into something you must know even to look up the table. > I don't think we make it clear enough which tables are global. I think the labels appearing in the per-catalog descriptions are plenty clear. regards, tom lane