Re: Switching database inside current connection

From: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
To: Jeff Madison <jeff(at)madisonfam(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Switching database inside current connection
Date: 2006-09-28 04:27:57
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.63.0609272325480.2117@leary2.csoft.net
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Jeff Madison wrote:

> I have to search multiple, identical databases on a server and am currently
> having to create a DataSource for each database on the server and then get a
> connection. How would I create a DataSource for the server and then modify
> the connnection to "switch" databases. I would like to just re-use the same
> connection for obvious reasons.

This is not possible with postgresql. You can only use the database you
initially connected to. To access parts of other database you can use
contrib/dblink, but for your purposes I think multiple connections are
required.

Kris Jurka

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