# Changing project id \[May 02\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Discord-Discussions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410 "2022-11-03T09:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/21 "2022-11-03T09:29:23Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### Unrelated: Can nocodb β€œremember” the external database so I don’t have to add credentials for every project I create? # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/22 "2022-11-03T09:29:24Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### but you wanna create multiple projects with the same db? # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/23 "2022-11-03T09:29:25Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### I guess that is the easier solution. Not sure if smart # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/24 "2022-11-03T09:29:26Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### Just feels like a lot of work to create a new db for each project πŸ€” # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/25 "2022-11-03T09:29:27Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### what is your use case? # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/26 "2022-11-03T09:29:29Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### So far I have separated into projects anything that feels like it makes sense to group together. # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/27 "2022-11-03T09:29:30Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### lets say u hv a database `dbA` with 10 tables #### #### if u create a project connecting to `dbA`, u ll see those 10 tables #### if u create another project connecting to `dbA`, u ll see the same 10 tables # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/28 "2022-11-03T09:29:31Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### changes done in first project will be reflected in the second project as well - as u change sth in db # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/29 "2022-11-03T09:29:32Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### or your case s like u hv a db with 10 tables #### #### first 5 tables r for project A #### second t tables r for project B #### #### ? # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/30 "2022-11-03T09:29:33Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### I use nocodb projects as groups only. So for example I could have a project named `Bills` with tables: `electricity` `water` `heating` etc. # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/31 "2022-11-03T09:29:34Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### Then another project named `Sports` with tables named: `running` `cycling` `swimming` etc. # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/32 "2022-11-03T09:29:36Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### and for those two projects I don’t really care if they are on same db or not. As long as they are grouped separately in nocodb # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### or I mean I actually do care: as I don’t want to create 2 separate databases for these as it is simpler if they are on the same db # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/34 "2022-11-03T09:29:38Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### maybe I’m just approaching this bit weird. Maybe the β€œcorrect” way to do that in this case is to have a project named β€œMyName” and then have all those 6 tables be under it. # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/35 "2022-11-03T09:29:39Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### the ideal approach would be separate them - then 2 projects connecting to 2 differenet dbs # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### if u reli wanna put them together - creating 2 projects to the same database s still possible # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/37 "2022-11-03T09:29:42Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### but u ll see all tables # ---
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> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### there s another approach # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/39 "2022-11-03T09:29:44Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **Shard** _replied_ #### Yeah, ultimately I need to figure out where to draw the line for myself. How many projects will I potentially have and how granular I want the β€œgrouping” to be. # ---
**Author:** ![NocoDB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6f9a4e/32.png) [@NocoDB](https://community.nocodb.com/u/NocoDB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410/40 "2022-11-03T09:29:46Z")
> πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ **wkw** _replied_ #### you can still store all tables under the same database n have multiple nocodb project # [Previous page](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.nocodb.com/t/changing-project-id-may-02/410.md?page=3)