From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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To: | "Morris N(dot) Grajower" <morris(at)crosstab(dot)com> |
Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Postgres Design |
Date: | 2004-11-30 23:15:34 |
Message-ID: | 20041130231534.GP41545@decibel.org |
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Speaking in a general sense, it's almost never a good idea to split
something across databases by an arbitrary boundary such as year. It's
also not a good idea to split things into multiple databases across
logical boundaries unless there's a compelling reason to do so.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:27:32PM -0500, Morris N. Grajower wrote:
> I have hundreds of different survey files in a customized database.
> I would like to convert them to postgres.
> My question is should I create one database for all the surveys or
> should I limit the number of surveys to a database.
> for example create a different database for each survey year, or by
> research company ?
>
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