> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-hackers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alvaro Herrera > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:20 AM > To: Mark Mielke > Cc: Jean-Michel Pouré; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Postgresql Materialized views > > Mark Mielke wrote: > > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > >> But you had to modify your queries. I would think that a materialized > >> views implementation worth its salt would put the view to work on the > >> original, unmodified queries. > > > > I might be slow today (everyday? :-) ) - but what do you mean by this? > The > > only difference between *_table and *_view is that *_table is the > summary > > table and *_view is the view. > > My point is that you should be able to query _table and the system > should automatically use the view, without you saying so (except by > initially creating them). >
I agree! From a BI perspective, a materialized view is worthless if you have to re-write your query. There isn't a tool on the market that is smart enough to rewrite a query to a view because all other databases handle the rewriting internally. Jon ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
