-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/21/06 16:41, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>>> 3) Put each customer in their own schema/namespace which resides within >>>> its own table space. >>>> >>>> Then you can move customers wherever you need in terms of IO. >> How is that functionally different than using a separate database? What's the >> advantage here? I don't *need* to restrict myself to one database, and doing >> this does require that I revisit 100% of the SQL queries to make sure that >> I'm referencing the right schema. >> >> This solution seems to have the same problems as using dynamic tablenames. > > Not really. You should read up on schemas and how they work. Plus the > addition of schemas and table spaces means you can infinite scaling > within the confines of your hardware itself. "infinite scaling within the confines of your hardware"! How is that accomplished? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFixCWS9HxQb37XmcRAnw/AJ4obPHIHvJcRKq1xzILN7YtKfQscACg1uaq c6FRxkXjP/Pneyy1lxA+Dl8= =iFX6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----