# Removal of the postgres database schema

**URL:** <https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792 "2026-02-27T09:43:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrshll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792/1 "2026-02-27T09:43:50Z")

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In the 2026-02-12 Standing Technical Committee Meeting, we discussed and agreed the need to remove the auto-generated and bugged postgres and mysql database schemas. I have staged a Pull Request which embodies this.

- [Standing Technical Meeting Notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SYmsSa_U8uQKZW0zhEq8H6CNttNeWPqP7BAV0HDJa2o/edit?tab=t.blv4nr28fynh#heading=h.z9hec0ix7ozd) (Gdocs, link goes to the header for the meeting)
- [Issue #578 on Github](https://github.com/openreferral/specification/issues/578) (discussion thread)
- [PR #584](https://github.com/openreferral/specification/pull/584) (Pull Request making the changes)

The changes in the PR fall outside of our governance rules, since they remove materials not considered part of the spec. However, I thought it was best to post here to give advance warning similar to a PATCH change.

In that spirit, I plan to merge the PR seven days from now on 2026-03-06 unless there are any objections.

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**Author:** ![mrshll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mrshll](https://forum.openreferral.org/u/mrshll)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.openreferral.org/t/removal-of-the-postgres-database-schema/792/2 "2026-03-06T14:04:47Z")

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I have merged the PR now 🙂