Re: View definition formatting

Dave Page wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> When using pg_get_viewdef(oid), the view definition is returned in a
> reconstructed form (I assume) with all formatting removed. This is a
> pain for apps like pgAdmin, that allow the user to edit their views,
> particularly with very large ones.
>
> Would it be possible and sensible to store the original view definition
> for future use, such as we do for functions? Perhaps a new catalog
> (pg_source?) could store these and other definitions such as rules for
> use?

Not too obvious, but this should be covered in the TODO item "Allow RULE
recompilation". That is because if the rule/view is broken due to other
schema changes, the reconstruction might fail. Thus we need to save a
textual form and the original CREATE statement from the user seems
logical.

Jan

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