Re: [SQL] View consistency

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: "David M(dot) Richter" <d(dot)richter(at)dkfz(dot)de>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SQL] View consistency
Date: 2001-11-01 16:07:07
Message-ID: 20011101080457.Q22509-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, David M. Richter wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Im using several views for the Usermanagment of a database.
> My question is:
>
> How does postgres keep the views consistent to the according tables( if
> the original table has been changed)?

AFAIK it's a select rule on the view that rewrites into the view
expression. Nothing keeps it consistent because it's effectively just
a macro for the view expression.

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