Re: Conservation of OIDs - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Conservation of OIDs
Date
Msg-id 20031116195055.GB24059@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: Conservation of OIDs  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Conservation of OIDs
List pgsql-general
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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