On Mar 15, 2004, at 08:34, The Centerfielder wrote:
Has there been any discussion of prefixing the MySQL table names to avoid table name collision for those who only have access to one MySQL database and use other MySQL applications?
For example, Moveable Type uses "mt_", pMachine uses "pm_", and they also allow one to choose an installation-defined prefix.
Thought about it, haven't done it. A selectable prefix would require that we change how a lot of maintenance scripts run, since they generally have a fixed, manually runnable SQL script. That would no longer be possible.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)