Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments
Date: 2005-05-13 13:00:27
Message-ID: 20050513130027.GA23644@wolff.to
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 16:59:07 -0700,
David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>
> A PostgreSQL developer has shown in this very thread that it is
> extremely easy to screw up a query against those catalogs. Maybe
> you're better than he is, but that's not a reason to keep something
> simpler out.

You could still study the views to see the correct way to do things,
but then not actually use them in the tool. I think this is actually
a good reason for developing the views, even if they end up as an
add on project.

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