Re: [GENERAL] Need help

From: Maarten(dot)Boekhold(at)reuters(dot)com
To: Jason Earl <jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, shamik(dot)majumder(at)wipro(dot)com
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need help
Date: 2002-01-09 09:47:03
Message-ID: T58570dcd47c407b70647c@reuters.com
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On 01/08/2002 09:17:03 PM Jason Earl wrote:
> Why do you want a database where two tables have the same name? When
> you do a "SELECT * from Table1" what table do you expect PostgreSQL to
> use?

I suspect Shamik is trying to do something like having a separate 'schema'
(Oracle) for every user, and in Oracle it is possible to create tables
with the same name but in different schemas.

Maarten

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