Re: db alias

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: db alias
Date: 2012-06-05 19:04:50
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On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 18:59 +0000, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> Hi: I think I know the answer to this, but the desire/need is great enough to get confirmation here.
>
> Is there a way to alias a db name for purposes of redirecting connections? For example, you have 2 DBs, DBX and DBY. The users always connect to a DB alias called "USEDB". USEDB points to DBX today, changed to point to DBY tomorrow, transparent to the users.

PostgreSQL doesn't give you that, but pgBouncer may be the tool you're
looking for.

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Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
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