margaretgil...@chromalloy.com wrote:
> Using Postgresql 8.2.11 on Ubuntu 7.10.
> 
> I am writing a J2EE project but do not want user specific schemas because 
> this 
> application sits on a production floor and any production employee can walk 
> to a 
> workstation and access the database to punch work time. I know that the 
> public 
> schema is not supposed to be used.
> 
> Is the best practice to make one schema for the database and then delete 
> public?

One or more. I use schemas to group tables and functions by usage
(lookups, util, system) as well as to provide permission control.

> Will using a schema other than public cause problems for users accessing the 
> database with ODBC from Windows?

Shouldn't, but iirc you'll need to explicitly specify <schema>.<table>
rather than relying on search_path.

-- 
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd

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