Re: Conservation of OIDs

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk>, btober(at)seaworthysys(dot)com, mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Conservation of OIDs
Date: 2003-11-16 19:50:55
Message-ID: 20031116195055.GB24059@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 10:47:22AM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >Whoa! You mean these aren't already separate database clusters or
> >even separate systems? I am very shocked, you can't do a proper Dev
> >--> QAT --> Prod environment if all three systems are run by the same
> >postmaster, or on the same host imo. But maybe I'm just over
> >cautious, or worked on systems where access to production systems is
> >controlled.
>
> I second this. Use different databases for each. You can run them
> on the same machine (there are some real advantages to this) but
> create a separate initdb for each...

What's the point? You can keep them separate through pg_hba.conf if
it's really needed. I don't see how having several clusters, one
database each, buys you any security.

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Cuando mañana llegue pelearemos segun lo que mañana exija" (Mowgli)

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