Re: What are the advantages of not being able to access multiple databases with one connection?

From: Will Crawford <billcrawford1970(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: crocket <crockabiscuit(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What are the advantages of not being able to access multiple databases with one connection?
Date: 2012-10-30 12:43:58
Message-ID: CAJDxst4kWAz03Hw=iBSWu78uo=1ow4=PpTE=irvXrjHJ9Hs7iA@mail.gmail.com
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On 30 October 2012 12:37, crocket <crockabiscuit(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> MySQL permits a connection to access multiple databases.
> But Postgresql restricts a connection to one database.
> I think postgresql database connection is somewhat limited.
>
> Is it an old and decrepit design? or does it deserve some appreciations?

Actually, a "database" in postgresql supports multiple "schemas", and
the "databases" in mysql are more or less congruent to those. To put
it another way, pg has a three-level namespace which can be accessed
through the same host and port combination; mysql only has two levels.
Is that better?

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