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