The database tables don't have to be in schema 1, they can be in any schema, probably the default "public" one. But yes, you don't have to have copies of the d

The database tables don't have to be in schema 1, they can be in any schema, probably the default "public" one. But yes, you don't have to have copies of the data in each schema. You only put the view definition into each schema, and the view definition is responsible for reading/putting data from/to the right place. And you bump the version whenever the view definition's columns need to change.