Re: Database alias

* Gabriele Bartolini:

> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:30:34 +0000, Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
> wrote:
>> We've got some systems which use a historic database name and would
>> like to transition them to our current naming scheme. Is there
>> support for some form of database aliases?
>
> If you are trying to make the database seen by clients under a
> different name, probably the most practical solution would be to add a
> PgBouncer layer in front of the clients which maps the old database
> name to the new one.
>
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgBouncer

Ah, that would probably work at a technical level, thanks. But in this
particular case, my aim is to avoid additional complexity, and
installing PgBouncer seems to be at odds with this goal. 8-)

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