David Fetter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:46:33AM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> So, the way I understand it, in Oracle terms, this feature is a >> "snapshot", not a materialized view. Maybe that's what it should >> be called then. > > "Snapshot" is one of the options for refreshing an Oracle > materialized view. There are others, which we'll eventually add > if past is any prologue :) That's the way I understand it, too. > I hate to add to the bike-shedding, but we should probably add > REFRESH SNAPSHOT as an optional piece of the grammar, with more > REFRESH options to come. I would prefer to leave the syntax for refreshing MVs to a later patch. I'm kind of assuming that SNAPSHOT would be the default if no other options are specified, but I would prefer not to get into too much speculation about add-on patches for fear of derailing this initial effort. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
