Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Guillaume Smet <guillaume(dot)smet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jaime Casanova <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules Bernd Helmle
Date: 2009-01-26 22:22:56
Message-ID: 497E37C0.1070505@agliodbs.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> writes:
>>> Or what about
>>> CREATE [OR REPLACE] [UPDATABLE] VIEW ... ?
>>> This looks closer to TEMP|TEMPORARY VIEW, which we already have.
>> But per spec, UPDATABLE should be the default (if not now, then
>> eventually). Are you proposing
>> CREATE [OR REPLACE] [[NOT] UPDATABLE] VIEW ...
>> ? Seems confusing.

I'd frankly look at WITH, which is where we've historically stuck
non-SQL extensions.

> BTW, how do we handle cases where the query cannot be updatable, e.g.
> aggregates? Do we throw a warning?
>

Error if "updatable" is specified, warning if not.

--Josh

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