On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:30:53AM -0600, Roberts, Jon wrote: > > 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.
I don't know about worthless, given that people are doing materialised views on postgres already. It is however a completely orthoginal problem. Someone needs to write the code to maintain such a view before you can even think about working on the planner. However, step 1 would be to get them onto the TODO list. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution > inevitable. > -- John F Kennedy
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