Quoting Mike Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ok, thats for the response. I take it a PG namespace = Oracle table space > (or > > namespace is simply the generic term). I can see some definite benefits > > especially with disk i/o throughput though I thought database partitioning > (I > > think that is what its called) would provide the same thing. > > I could be wrong, but I think 'namespace' is an existing concept in > PG that is a way of organizing objects into logical groups. > > As I recall, the group working on it decided to call it a 'directory' rather > > than a 'tablespace', because of concerns that the latter word might be > proprietary to Oracle. I've lost touch with the rest of the members in > that group, though, since the computer I was using for PG development > purposes got zapped by lightning in August. > -- > Mike Nolan > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I think that is what I was getting confused with before- schemas... http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/catalog-pg-namespace.html -- Keith C. Perry, MS E.E. Director of Networks & Applications VCSN, Inc. http://vcsn.com ____________________________________ This email account is being host by: VCSN, Inc : http://vcsn.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
