Re: Cluster / Tablespace ?

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Nico Callewaert schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe my question is too simple...
> Anyway, I'm coming from a Firebird background where we just talk about a
> database file.  I read that PostgreSQL is working with a database
> cluster.  I don't know exactly the meaning of that and I didn't find a
> well explaining answer on the internet.
Hi,

a database cluster can have more than one database. You build a cluster with initdb. In
this cluster you create databases with CREATE DATABASE.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-initdb.html

 And is there a difference
> between a cluster and a tablespace ?

Tablespaces are the possibility to define a location where your database objects are
placed on your hd.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/manage-ag-tablespaces.html

> Many thanks in advance, Nico

For more info refer to the documentation ;-)

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/

Cheers

Andy

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Andreas Wenk
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