Re: SCHEMA compatibility with Oracle/DB2/Firebird

Chris wrote:

>I know this isn't entirely postgresql specific, but it wouldn't be on
>another list either so here goes...
>
>I am writing an open source application where I would like to support
>at least oracle, and possibly firebird or DB2, in addition to
>postgresql which will be the default.  I'm not going to try to support
>mysql.
>
>The application has many users, and in postgresql what works well is
>to create a schema for each user instead of a separate database.  The
>main reason for schema's instead of databases is that the app runs
>under mod perl, and there are too many users to have a pool of open
>connections to each database.
>
>There are also a set of common functions that I usually store in the
>public schema.  That way when working with the data of a particular
>user I can do a SET search_path TO user,public, and have access to all
>the functions without having to duplicate them in every schema.
>
>My question is how easily would this work with other databases?  I
>know Oracle supports schema's, but I dont' know about the others.  I
>also don't know if other databases have the concept of a search path,
>but I would think that they do.
>
>
>
Although Oracle doesn't have a search path, it is possible to make
functions publicly available by doing "grant blah to public".  After
that they can be used without a schema identifier.

Jeff