On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I unlike using keywords DO for this purpose - when we use it for > anonymous blocks
Yeah, I don't much like that either. My original suggestion when Kevin and I discussed this over voice was ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW .. REFRESH or ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW .. UPDATE. I don't particularly like syntaxes involving DO or LOAD because those words already have strong associations with completely unrelated features. Now, if we don't want to do that and we don't want to use ALTER for a data-modifying command either, another option would be to invent a new toplevel command: REFRESH <view_name>; Of course, that does introduce another keyword, but the penalty for a new unreserved keyword is pretty small. It seems like a rough analogue of CLUSTER, which could be spelled ALTER TABLE <table_name> UPDATE TABLE ORDER TO if keyword minimization trumped both concision and clarity, but it doesn't. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
