On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Nicolas Barbier <nicolas.barb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/6/27 Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net>: > >> Is there a particular reason why CREATE RECURSIVE VIEW is part of the >> help for CREATE VIEW, but CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW doesn't show up >> there? >> >> I realize the technical reason (they're different man pages, and that >> also controls what's in \h in psql which is where I ran into it), but >> was there any particular reason to split those up in the first place? > > Normal views are an abstraction layer, while materialized views > (despite containing the word “view”) are mainly a performance tool (in > a way similar to indexes).
Oh yes, I'm well aware of this of course. > The functionality of materialized views will (over time) totally swamp > that of normal views, so mixing all the corresponding documentation > with the documentation for normal views probably doesn’t make things > easier for people that are only interested in normal views. That's a better point I think. That said, it would be very useful if it actually showed up in "\h CREATE VIEW" in psql - I wonder if we should just add the syntax to that page, and then link said future information on a separate page somehow? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
