* Gabriele Bartolini: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:30:34 +0000, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> > wrote: >> We've got some systems which use a historic database name and would >> like to transition them to our current naming scheme. Is there >> support for some form of database aliases? > > If you are trying to make the database seen by clients under a > different name, probably the most practical solution would be to add a > PgBouncer layer in front of the clients which maps the old database > name to the new one. > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgBouncer Ah, that would probably work at a technical level, thanks. But in this particular case, my aim is to avoid additional complexity, and installing PgBouncer seems to be at odds with this goal. 8-) -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin