-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Nico Callewaert schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe my question is too simple...
> Anyway, I'm coming from a Firebird background where we just talk about a
> database file. I read that PostgreSQL is working with a database
> cluster. I don't know exactly the meaning of that and I didn't find a
> well explaining answer on the internet.
Hi,
a database cluster can have more than one database. You build a cluster with initdb. In
this cluster you create databases with CREATE DATABASE.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-initdb.html
And is there a difference
> between a cluster and a tablespace ?
Tablespaces are the possibility to define a location where your database objects are
placed on your hd.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/manage-ag-tablespaces.html
> Many thanks in advance, Nico
For more info refer to the documentation ;-)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/
Cheers
Andy
- ----------------------------------
St.Pauli - Hamburg - Germany
Andreas Wenk
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFJkXyOVa7znmSP9AwRAh7aAJ9eogTmKxspojfSmjzpre4uxGIKvgCfT8vg
cRCSl4AJ/FyHNiCywCUwHQE=
=7VVl
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
