Running with Existing Apps
does anyone have docs on using convex when we already have an existing postgres db on planetscale?
we have serveral apps so we wouldn't be able to migrate everything to convex, so we would need to keep our old postres db running while we want our new apps to be using convex. is this possible and what would be the best way to go about it?
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Not sure that I understand the problem behind your question. Could you elaborate a bit?
we have an existing postgres database on planetscale with multiple web apps using trpc and prisma for our data fetching and api calls. we're building a mobile app and i would love to use convex, but is it possible to use convext ontop of an existing database that is being used with other apps?
it seems like it's an all or nothing solution
I don't see why not. Convex would become just another data source. Keep what's already in Postgres over there, and add whatever new stuff you want to Convex, and use both to provide data for your apps. I don't see this being a problem as long as nothing is duplicated across databases. Maybe a little confusing when it comes to knowing what lives where, but that's about it.