Re: Dealing with change.

From: Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "pgsql-general (at) postgresql (dot) org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dealing with change.
Date: 2003-06-22 13:13:53
Message-ID: 20030622141353.A4499@bacon
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On 22/06/2003 13:45 David M. Cook wrote:
> I'm writing an application that depends heavily on "reference" tables
> that
> the user can use the select data from. The users should be able to add
> to
> these tables and make any corrections they deem necessary. But I also
> want
> to be able to periodically ship out corrections and additions to these
> reference tables. What is the best way to do this without interfering
> with
> the changes the user has made? I thought of keeping the reference data
> in
> its own database and using this as a template for the user database, but
> how
> would the user merge any changes to the template (or would this be
> automatic?)
>
>

If I were in that situation, I'd write an update program to handle the
data merge.

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