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by flannell 3706 days ago
Is this an observation or have you done/seen this in action?

I ask because for my next project I'd like to tackle the issue of having to keep lots of Databases up to date with their stored procedures. Kind of wanted a common library of procs that any DB can access. I've seen third party Software do DB versioning etc but too expensive for me. A few do it via package management, but keen to see how others are doing it!
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tiffanyh 3706 days ago
I don't know if Postgres can do what you're describing but I know Oracle can and it's called Pluggable Databases (PDB) and it's designed exactly for this use case.

(Now I just hope I don't get flammed)

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flannell 3706 days ago
Interesting thanks, I'll look into it. Your earlier comment has sent me down a Postgresql logicdecode/Kafka/Hadoop rabbit hole. Funny where you end up.
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snuxoll 3705 days ago
In PostgreSQL extensions are the common way to solve it, you still have to manually install/uninstall in each database but writing them is pretty straightforward and a quick call to CREATE EXTENSION/DROP EXTENSION in your migrations isn't too much to ask in most cases.
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