Re: What does 'schema' mean ? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Frank Bax
Subject Re: What does 'schema' mean ?
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Msg-id 5.2.1.1.0.20060109112001.027c6710@pop6.sympatico.ca
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In response to What does 'schema' mean ?  (Joao Miguel Ferreira <jmf@estg.ipvc.pt>)
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At 03:39 PM 1/9/06, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
>here's another one: what do database people mean by 'schema' ?


I was thinking about asking the same question, because PGSQL appears to
have two things called 'schema'.  The pg_dump (ver 7.4.3) man page says:
         -n (--schema) appears to say 'namespace' and 'schema' are
synonymous - "Dump contents of 'schema'".
         -s option appears to say 'data definition' and 'schema' are
synonymous - "dump only the schema (data definitions), no data".

So, in summary, a schema (namespace) contains a schema (data definitions)?

Frank


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