Re: Documentation/help for materialized and recursive views

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>, Nicolas Barbier <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Documentation/help for materialized and recursive views
Date: 2013-07-01 20:08:08
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYDgFEF=ByK4nkd4qD8FgT9KT056yWBWJTHd9PAu=jSRg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> How different are they really? Yes, they are very different from an
> implementation standpoint, from an enduser perspective they really are
> not. If they were, they'd probably be called something else.

They're different because they consume storage, require effort to
update, and aren't always up-to-date. Those things are all quite
user-visible.

> I still think a better option to that would be to get psql to provide
> a link to the full documentation there.

It seems like clutter to me, but I'll defer to whatever the consensus is.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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