Re: [NOVICE] Specific database vars, again...
Rene Schickbauer <rene.schickbauer@gmail.com>
From: Rene Schickbauer <rene.schickbauer@gmail.com>
To: Glus Xof <gtglus@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org, pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-04-21T08:14:02Z
Lists: pgsql-general, pgsql-novice
Glus Xof wrote: > Hi again, > > Maybe, I didn't explain my question enough. > > I need to record properties that belongs to an specific database (and > so, they work at database level... not at global scope: > > * Could I use the \set statements ? but... the vars defined are not in > a database scope but a global, aren't they ?... furthermore, could > save these vars when try to dump the database ??? ) > > * Or, must to create an specific one-row table ?. The first things to ask is: Do multiple transactions change this data? What is something goes wrong - do you need rollback to work? Anyway, a table with one or only a few rows is very likely to be cached in RAM by postgres anyway if you access it regulary. So performance shouldn't be an issue. LG Rene