From: terry <tg5027@citlink.net>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgaccess - where to store the own data
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:12:32 -0400
Message-ID: <20020830184411.3C426476B07@postgresql.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D6F9490.9040507@joeconway.com>
References: <HKEIIDPFPDBMOMDLIEEGGENOCNAA.iavor.raytchev@verysmall.org>
<3D6F9490.9040507@joeconway.com>
>> Iavor Raytchev wrote:
>> > Hello everybody,
>> >
>> > There is an open question we need broad opinion on.
>> >
>> > Currently pgaccess stores its own data in the database it works
>> > with. Some people do not like that. To store it elsewhere invokes
>> > a number of issues such as:
>> >
>> > - where is this somewhere
>> > - converting form all versions to the new
>> > - etc.
>> >
>> > What do people think about this. Is it so bad that the own data
>> > is stored in the database pgaccess works with?
>>
>> I don't particularly like it. Oracle deals with this by having a
>> database unto itself as a management repository (Oracle Enterprise
>> Manager, OEM, I believe). You register the database you want to
>> manage with the repository, and the metadata is kept there instead
>> of in each managed database.
>> Joe
I would agree that pgaccess's metadata should not necessarily be stored
in with <all> of the rest of the data being used by a pgaccess
application. However, having a central repository as described above
may make it difficult to distribute an application without providing
some capabilities to distribute/manage a portion of the central
repository - which could be ugly for the developer and an end user.
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