Re: chosing a database name

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 01:21:01PM -0700, Philip Hallstrom wrote:

> >My main concern, however, was whether the *approach* is
> >sound, eg using a separate database name per release or IOW
> >version. One way would be to use the database name "gnumed"
> >regardless of release, another way would be to use
> >"gnumedX_Y" for release X.Y. I wonder whether the latter
> >approach has any drawbacks people might think of regarding
> >release management etc.
> 
> The only thing I can think is that if the changes from v1 to v2 don't 
> touch the schema, then you've got a lot of extra update-work to do that 
> really isn't necessary.
Got me !  :-)

> Doesn't hurt anything though and it gives you a 
> nice clean way of reverting back a version if necessary.
That's what I hope to achieve. Doesn't free me from backup
before upgrade but still.

Karsten
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