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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html